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3.17 Cultural Resources

This Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS compares the F-B LGA to the complementary portion of the 

Preferred Alternative that was identified in the Fresno to Bakersfield Section California HighSpeed Train Final Project Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIR/EIS) (California High-Speed Rail Authority [Authority] and Federal Railroad Administration

[FRA] 2014a). As discussed in Section 1.1.3 of this Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS, the 

complementary portion of the Preferred Alternative consists of the portion of the BNSF Railway 

(BNSF) Alternative from Poplar Avenue to Hageman Road and the Bakersfield Hybrid from 

Hageman Road to Oswell Street (referenced as the “May 2014 Project” in this Draft Supplemental 

EIR/EIS). Since the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS does not evaluate the May 2014 

Project as a discrete subsection of the Fresno to Bakersfield Project (as it did for the Allensworth 

Bypass), affected environment and impact summary discussion included in this section for the 

May 2014 Project has been extrapolated from the available information contained within the 

Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS. 

This section describes the known and potential impacts on cultural resources that would result 

from implementation of the California High-Speed Rail (HSR) Fresno to Bakersfield Section

Locally Generated Alternative (F-B LGA). Cultural resources include prehistoric archaeological 

sites, historic-era archaeological sites, traditional cultural properties (TCP), and architectural or 

built environment resources. Archaeological sites may contain artifacts, cultural features, 

subsistence remains, and/or human burials dating to either the historic period or the prehistoric

period. TCPs can be defined generally as resources that are eligible for inclusion in the National 

Register of Historic Places (NRHP) because of their association with cultural practices or beliefs 

of a living community. Architectural or built environment resources are defined as buildings, 

structures, objects, sites, and districts. The purpose of this section is to describe the regulatory 

setting associated with the management of cultural resources, the affected environment of the FB LGA, the potential impacts of the F-B LGA on cultural resources, and mitigation measures that 

would reduce these impacts. 

The Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS is referenced throughout this section, as 

applicable. The potential effects to cultural resources from the F-B LGA are described here, with 

further details provided in Section 7 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Bakersfield F Street 

Station Alignment Alternative Archaeological Survey Report1 (F-B LGA ASR) (Authority and FRA 

2016a), Section 8 of the Bakersfield F Street Station Alignment Alternative Historic Architectural

Survey Report (F-B LGA HASR) (Authority and FRA 2016b), Section 4 of the Fresno to 

Bakersfield Project Section Basque Traditional Cultural Properties Study (Authority and FRA 

2016d), and Section 1 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Project Section Bakersfield F Street Station 

Alignment Alternative Historic Property Survey Report (F-B LGA HPSR) (Authority and FRA 

2016c).

The Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS included a Mitigation Monitoring and 

Enforcement Plan (MMEP). The adopted MMEP included a table of mitigation measures and a 

table of avoidance and minimization measures that were applicable to the alternatives evaluated 

in the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS. The MMEP incorporated measures from the 

Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan associated with the 2014 CEQA findings; general 

measures presented in the memorandum of agreement (MOA), Archaeological Treatment Plan 

(ATP), and built-environment treatment plan (BETP) that were developed through Section 106 

consultation; and Impact Avoidance and Minimization Measures (IAMM) established to comply 

with the NEPA process as part of the completion of the Final Fresno to Bakersfield Section 

EIR/EIS (Authority and FRA 2014a) and Record of Decision (Authority and FRA 2014). The 

1 Archaeological site information is confidential. The legal authority to restrict public access to archaeological 

site information is in Section 304 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, California Government 

Code Sections 6254(r) and 6254.10, and California Code of Regulations (Cal. Code Regs.) Section 

15120(d).
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MMEP (as amended) has been included as Appendix 2-G of this Supplemental EIR/EIS, and all 

of the cultural resources avoidance and minimization measures that are identified are applicable 

to the F-B LGA, and are discussed in Section 3.17.5. Appendix 2-H describes how the avoidance 

and minimization measures applicable to the F-B LGA minimize and avoid significant effects.

In addition to the cultural resources studies listed above, the F-B LGA Archaeological Area of 

Potential Effect (APE) and Built Resources APE overlap with the APEs delineated for previous 

Fresno to Bakersfield Section alternatives and with the HSR Bakersfield to Palmdale Section

APEs. The previous Fresno to Bakersfield Section archaeological surveys covered approximately

19.5 acres (1.1 percent) of the F-B LGA Archaeological APE, from just north of Poplar Avenue 

southeast to E Ash Avenue through downtown Shafter; and from the intersection of Washington 

Street/E Truxtun Avenue southeast to Oswell Street in Bakersfield. The previous Fresno to 

Bakersfield Section built resource surveys covered approximately 20 percent of the F-B LGA Built 

Resource APE. The previous Section 106 compliance documents for the Fresno to Bakersfield 

Section, including a Finding of Effects, MOA, and associated treatment plans, addressed cultural 

resources identified within those areas.

The Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS addressed paleontological resources in the 

cultural resources section; however, paleontological resources are addressed in the Geology, 

Soils, and Seismicity section of this Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS (Section 3.9). 

3.17.1 Regulatory Setting

Federal, state, and local laws, regulations, orders, or plans relevant to cultural resources affected 

by the project are presented in Section 3.17.2 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS

(Authority and FRA 2014a: pages 3.17-3 through 3.17-11). All federal laws presented in Section 

3.17.2.1 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS (Authority and FRA 2014a: pages 

3.17-3 through 3.17-6) are applicable to the F-B LGA, and include the following:

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 470 et

seq.)

• Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. Sections 469 to 469(c)-2)

• American Antiquities Act (16 U.S.C. Sections 431 to 433)

• American Indian Religious Freedom Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1996)

• Section 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Section 303)

Additionally, all state laws presented in Section 3.17.2.2 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section 

Final EIR/EIS (Authority and FRA 2014a: pages 3.17-6 through 3.17-8) are applicable to the F-B 

LGA, and include the following:

• California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Resources Code Section 21083.2 and

CEQA Guidelines California Code of Regulations (Cal. Code Regs.), Title 14, Section

15064.5

• California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR) (PRC Section 5024.1 and 14 Cal. Code

Regs. Section 4850)

• California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (California Health &

Safety Code Section 8010 et seq.)

• California Public Resources Code Section 5006.10

The HSR project is an undertaking of the Authority and FRA in their capacities as state and 

federal agencies; as such, it is not required to be consistent with local plans. For context, regional 

and local policies for the City of Shafter, the City of Bakersfield, and County of Kern are 

summarized in Section 3.17.2.3 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS (Authority and 

FRA 2014a: pages 3.17-8 through 3.17-11). 
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3.17.1.1 Status of the National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 

Compliance Process

The NHPA Section 106 compliance process, and the development and use of a Programmatic 

Agreement (PA), are described in the Fresno to Bakersfield Final EIR/EIS (Authority and FRA

2014a: pages 3.17-2 and 3.17-3). The PA is included in the the Fresno to Bakersfield Section 

Final EIR/EIS as Appendix 3.17-A. As stipulated in the PA, if properties are identified within a 

project section’s Built Resource or Archaeological APEs, the development of a Finding of Effects 

is required to assess any adverse effects the project section may have on the historic properties. 

If it is determined that the project section will have adverse effects on historic properties, or if 

phased identification is necessary to determine whether adverse effects would occur, an MOA for 

each project section is required per the PA. The Memorandum of Agreement Among the Federal 

Railroad Administration, California High-Speed Rail Authority, the Surface Transportation Board, 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, the California State Historic Preservation 

Officer, and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Regarding the Fresno to Bakersfield 

Section of the California High-Speed Train System in Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Kern Counties

(FRA et al. 2014) was executed in 2014 and included general avoidance and mitigation measures 

that will be applied to historic properties impacted by the Fresno to Bakersfield Section, including 

the F-B LGA. The MOA is included as Appendix A in the Record of Decision for the Fresno to 

Bakersfield Section and is available on the Authority’s website. 

Two treatment plans required by the PA and MOA, an ATP and a BETP, were also prepared for 

the Fresno to Bakersfield Section (Authority and FRA 2014d; Authority and FRA 2014f). The PA 

and MOA mandate that each treatment plan set forth means to avoid, protect, or develop 

treatment measures to minimize the undertaking’s effects when the Authority, in consultation with 

the appropriate agencies, the California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), and other 

MOA signatories, determines that adverse effects cannot be avoided. The ATP and BETP define 

the process by which these treatment measures will be applied to each known property and 

outline measures for any phased identification of historic archaeological or architectural 

properties as additional parcel access is obtained and design work is completed. The ATP and 

BETP plans provide specific performance standards that ensure that each impact will be avoided, 

minimized, or mitigated to the extent possible and provide enforceable performance standards to 

follow the NRHP and the Secretary of the Interior’s (USSOI) standards when implementing the 

mitigation measures. As discussed in Section 3.17.2.2, because four properties (Map Reference

#s 00A, 00B, 042, and 075) would be adversely affected by the F-B LGA, a Supplemental Finding 

of Effect (FOE) report has been prepared for the F-B LGA; the MOA would be amended to 

include those properties; and the treatment plans would also be amended to incorporate the 

agreed-upon changes. 

The TCP study, the F-B LGA ASR, the F-B LGA HPSR, and the F-B LGA HASR were submitted 

to the SHPO for review in February 2016. The SHPO concurred with the conclusions of the F-B 

LGA HASR on June 1, 2016, and the conclusions of the F-B LGA ASR on July 6, 2016. On 

September 9, 2016, the F-B LGA ASR Addendum 1 and the F-B LGA HASR Addendum 1 were 

submitted to the SHPO; the SHPO concurred with the conclusions of these addenda on 

November 17, 2016, and October 13, 2016, respectively. The draft Fresno to Bakersfield Section 

Supplemental Section 106 Findings of Effect, Locally Generated Alternative (Supplemental FOE)

was submitted to SHPO for review on May 24, 2017. The Supplemental FOE is currently under 

review by the SHPO. The amended MOA and the amended treatment plans will be finalized 

before the Record of Decision is signed. 

3.17.2 Methods for Evaluating Effects/Impacts

The methods used to identify and evaluate cultural resources within the F-B LGA APEs adhere to 

the same guidelines used for the May 2014 Project. The PA provides an overall framework for the 

Section 106 review process, including guidelines for developing the APEs, consultation; 

documentation standards, federal agency oversight, identification and evaluation of historic 

properties, and assessment and treatment of adverse effects. Please see Section 3.17.2.4 and 
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3.17.2.5 for Methods for Evaluating Impacts under NEPA and Methods for Evaluating Impacts 

under CEQA, respectively. 

For details regarding the methods used for evaluating effects and impacts to historical resources 

and historic properties of the May 2014 Project, please see Sections 3.17.3.3 and 3.17.3.4 of the 

Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS. 

3.17.2.1 Area of Potential Effects

The F-B LGA Archaeological and Built Resources APEs described herein are APEs that are 

supplemental to the APEs delineated in the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS. The 

supplemental APEs extend from Poplar Avenue in Shafter to Oswell Street in Bakersfield. The 

APEs for the F-B LGA were established in accordance with the Fresno to Bakersfield MOA

Stipulation III, with Attachment B and Stipulation VI.A of the Section 106 PA serving as the 

primary guidance for APE delineation. The F-B LGA APEs generally follow the existing State 

Route (SR) 99 and Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) corridors rather than the BNSF corridor. The 

revised APEs for the F-B LGA deviate from those delineated in the Fresno to Bakersfield Section 

Final EIR/EIS. The APEs for the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS encompass the May 

2014 Project although they do not specifically refer to it. The F-B LGA APE departs from the May 

2014 Project APE beginning just south of the city of Shafter. Rather than continuing south along 

the BNSF corridor, the F-B LGA APE courses east to run parallel to the UPRR corridor as it 

enters Bakersfield and continues south until Oswell Street. 

Archaeological Area of Potential Effect

The Archaeological APE includes all areas of proposed ground disturbance during construction of 

the undertaking. Ground-disturbing activities may include, but are not limited to, excavation for

the vertical and horizontal profiles of the alignment, station location footprints, utility relocations, 

cut and fill areas, geotechnical boring, staging areas, spoils areas, infrastructure demolition, 

temporary or permanent road construction, and any other construction activities with the potential 

for ground disturbance. 

The vertical Archaeological APE was delineated in coordination with project engineers and 

includes the maximum depth of ground disturbance for various features of the alignment. The 

vertical Archaeological APE for certain key features includes the following:

• For at-grade sections of the alignment, up to 25 feet of fill would be added to support the

HSR. To prepare for the fill, construction activities would include clearing and grubbing, which

is expected to disturb the ground up to 2 feet below surface.

• For elevated sections of the alignment, the depth of disturbance would depend on the

geotechnical data for each substructure bent location (459 at present). Geotechnical studies

have not yet been conducted; therefore, the vertical Archaeological APE at each bent

location is not known at this time.

• The geotechnical borings can reach depths of over 200 feet below surface.

• One roadway being proposed, F Street below SR 204, would be a subsurface feature of the

project. The maximum depth of ground disturbance for this feature is 30 feet below surface.

• Excavation down to 25 feet below surface is expected in existing utility locations in order to

encase them in steel.

• Expected ground disturbance for staging areas is up to 3 feet below surface.

The Archaeological APE for the F-B LGA was revised during the course of environmental review 

to reflect updated project information. As mentioned, this analysis is based on preliminary design 

provided in September 2015, revised design provided in June and September 2016, and on the 

Preliminary Engineering for Project Definition Design provided in October 2016. The APE maps 

were updated in accordance with the stipulations of the PA and the Fresno to Bakersfield MOA. 

On July 29 and October 5, 2016, signatory and consulting parties of the Fresno to Bakersfield 
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MOA, including the SHPO, were notified of the revisions to the APE per stipulations VI and IX of 

the PA; no responses have been received to date.

Built Resources Area of Potential Effect

The Built Resources APE for the F-B LGA was delineated in accordance with Attachment B of the 

PA and included all legal parcels intersected by the proposed right-of-way, footprints of proposed 

ancillary features (such as grade separations or maintenance facilities), and construction staging 

areas. All parcels within the Built Resources APE that contained buildings, structures, or objects 

50 years old or older at the time of the survey were subject to intensive-level study, or were 

evaluated using streamlined documentation as defined in the PA. If built resources existed on a 

large rural parcel within 150 feet (46 meters) of the proposed HSR right-of-way for the F-B LGA, 

or if it was determined that the resources on that parcel were otherwise potentially affected by the 

project, the entire legal parcel was included in the revised Built Resources APE. If built resources 

on a large rural parcel were more than 150 feet (46 meters) away from the proposed HSR atgrade right-of-way and were otherwise not potentially affected by the project, the Built Resource

APE boundary was set at 150 feet (46 meters) from the right-of-way. In these cases, resources 

outside the Built Resources APE on those parcels did not require further survey, because there 

was no potential for the project to indirectly, or directly, affect them. As acknowledged in the PA, 

the potential for the project to affect built resources is influenced by many factors. These factors 

(comparing the distance from an already-existing rail line, analyzing the proposed project design 

in relation to the resource’s viewshed and setting, etc.) were carefully considered when 

delineating the Built Resources APE. This approach follows the methods used for the entire 

Fresno to Bakersfield Section. 

The Built Resources APE also included parcels adjacent to those intersected by the proposed FB LGA if the built resources on those parcels may be indirectly affected. Indirect effects could be 

caused, for example, by the introduction of rail service or a roadway grade separation where no 

such similar structure existed previously. The F-B LGA Built Resources APE was designed to 

address such indirect effects by including legal parcels or built resources that might be affected 

by changes to their setting and the introduction of visual or audible elements. Other potential 

effects that were considered when delineating the Built Resources APE included, but were not 

limited to, physical damage or destruction of all or part of a property; physical alterations; moving 

or realigning property; isolating a property from its setting; visual, audible, or atmospheric 

intrusions; shadow effects; damage from vibrations; and change in access or use. In urban East 

Bakersfield, particularly the area around Sumner and Baker streets, the APE was expanded to a 

city block deep from the project footprint to adequately survey the area because of the known 

presence of Basque businesses and other built resources associated with the Basque community 

and to consider its eligibility as a potential historic district. This methodology for establishing the 

supplemental areas for the Built Resources APE follows standard practices for the discipline,

Attachment B of the PA, and the Authority’s Cultural Resources Technical Guidance 

Memorandum #1 (Authority 2013). 

The legal parcels within the Built Resources APE that contained buildings, structures, objects, 

sites, landscapes, or districts that were 50 years old or older at the time the field surveys were 

conducted (2015 and 2016) were studied in compliance with the PA. 

The Built Resources APE was revised during the course of environmental review to reflect 

updated project information as well as ongoing field efforts that clarify whether individual 

properties meet the above stipulations. As mentioned, this analysis is based on preliminary 

design provided in September 2015, revised design provided in June 2016 and September 2016, 

and on the Preliminary Engineering for Project Definition Design provided in October 2016. The 

APE maps were updated in accordance with the stipulations of the PA and the Fresno to 

Bakersfield MOA. Signatory and consulting parties of the Fresno to Bakersfield MOA, including 

the SHPO, were notified of the revisions to the Built Resources APE and no responses have

been received to date.
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3.17.2.2 Cultural Resource Data Sources 

Efforts to identify potential cultural, archaeological, and built resources in the project vicinity were 

the same as those used during the May 2014 Project and included the following: 

• A records search conducted at the Southern San Joaquin Valley Information Center

(SSJVIC) of the California Historical Resource Information System

• A review of historical maps, aerials, and photographs (including Sanborn Fire Insurance

Maps)

• A review of NRHP and CRHR listings

• A search of the Native American Heritage Commission Sacred Lands File

• Consultation with interested parties and Native American tribes associated with the

geographic area of the F-B LGA

• A review of the environmental studies previously conducted within the APEs

• A review of the appropriate city and county historic registers, inventories, and landmark lists

• Review of county assessor and recorder data

• Consultation with and research conducted at local and university libraries, historical societies,

county museums, and planning offices

Archaeological Resources

Archaeologists meeting the professional qualifications under the USSOI Standards for 

Archaeologists and meeting the definition of Qualified Investigator in accordance with the PA

conducted the identification and evaluation of archaeological resources for the F-B LGA. 

As a means to provide archaeological context, the records of all recorded sites within 1 mile of 

the F-B LGA centerline were obtained from the SSJVIC. Based on the records search, a total of 

nine previously recorded archaeological sites are within 1 mile of the F-B LGA centerline but are 

outside of the Archaeological APE. Because archaeological site locations are confidential, the 

locations of these sites are not depicted in this document. The legal authority to restrict cultural 

resource information is in California Government Code Sections 6254.10 and 6254(r); Cal. Code 

Regs., Title 14, Section 15120(d); and Section 304 of the NHPA. Of these previously recorded 

sites, none are located in the F-B LGA Archaeological APE. The closest previously recorded 

archaeological site (P-15-016230) is over 100 feet away (0.03 mile) from the Archaeological APE 

and consists of remnants of 1940s pipeline shoring buried 1.5 feet below ground surface. The site 

is separated from the alignment by the Southern Pacific Railroad and will not be affected by the 

project. 

In addition to the SSJVIC records search, a review of historical maps was conducted to identify 

areas where previously unrecorded historic-era archaeological resources might be found. 

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps published between 1892 and 1940 were georeferenced and 

evaluated using geographic information systems (GIS) to assess the potential presence of 

historic-era archaeological deposits in the F-B LGA Archaeological APE. The historic Sanborn 

maps were generally available for all urban areas in the project vicinity, including Shafter and 

Bakersfield. The rural sections of the project are not represented by Sanborn maps; however,

historic aerials and United States Geological Survey topographic quadrangle maps were 

reviewed for any historic-period features in these rural areas.

Overall, the Sanborn map review did not indicate a high sensitivity for the presence of historicperiod archaeological deposits within the Archaeological APE; however, three areas were 

identified within the Archaeological APE that may have extant associated subsurface remains or 

deposits. Due to modern redevelopment, most of the property types identified within the 

Archaeological APE through the map review contain a moderate to low sensitivity for associated 

archaeological features or deposits. See Section 7.4.2 of the F-B LGA ASR (Authority and FRA

2016a) for details regarding this analysis.
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In addition to the archival research, a field survey was conducted during the week of October 19 

to 23, 2015, and an additional field survey was conducted during the week of July 25 to 29, 2016, 

to identify prehistoric and historic archaeological resources within the F-B LGA Archaeological 

APE. The first survey included an intensive pedestrian survey of the Archaeological APE on 

parcels to which access had been granted as of October 22, 2015. The subsequent survey 

included an intensive pedestrian survey of the revised Archaeological APE on parcels to which 

access had been granted between October 22, 2015 and July 22, 2016. In actively cultivated 

agricultural parcels such as almond orchards, survey transects followed the crop rows and were 

on average 6 meters (25 feet) apart. Generally, the agricultural parcels that were overgrown with 

weeds and leftover crops (tomatoes and other various types of nightshades) were surveyed in 15- 

to 20-meter (49- to 66-foot) transects to maximize survey coverage of an already disturbed and 

overgrown area. In urban areas with dense commercial development, city right-of-way and 

exposed ground were either pedestrian or windshield surveyed, depending on the level of 

disturbance. City and county right-of-way and paved areas were windshield surveyed due to 

heavy urbanization, which limited visibility. Gravel-paved or incompletely paved parcels were 

often pedestrian surveyed in 15-meter transects in an effort to examine exposed soil. Dense 

residential neighborhoods were not surveyed.

The F-B LGA Archaeological APE represents a total of 1,744.12 acres. A total of 101.9 acres (5.8

percent) of the Archaeological APE were pedestrian surveyed in transects spaced no greater 

than 20 meters during the field review for the F-B LGA study. Areas that were previously 

surveyed in December 2011 for purposes of the original Fresno to Bakersfield Section ASR

included 19.5 acres (1.1 percent) of the F-B LGA Archaeological APE and were not resurveyed. 

In addition to restrictions on entry, portions of the Archaeological APE could not be surveyed 

because of vegetation or urbanization. As stipulated in Stipulation VIII.A.1 of the PA, a phased 

identification effort would be necessary for the remaining portions of the Archaeological APE as 

right of entry is obtained and where adverse effects are likely to occur. Furthermore, Stipulation 

III.A of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section MOA stipulates that the FRA and Authority shall ensure 

that phased identification of archaeological resources is completed in previously unsurveyed 

portions of the Archaeological APE as access is obtained and design is completed, and that 

documentation of this identification effort is prepared and provided to the SHPO. 

The field procedures that guided the identification of archaeological sites encountered during the 

field investigation adhered to the PA (Authority and FRA 2011: pages 1–18) and the standards of 

professional practice of archaeology (Section 110 of the NHPA and the USSOI Standards and 

Guidelines for identification of historic properties [Federal Register Volume 48, Page 44716]). The 

overarching approach to assessing the resources encountered in the field for the F-B LGA and 

the guidance for establishing historic property exemptions were defined in the PA. The criteria for 

what constitutes an “isolate” and a “site” and the process for the initial evaluation of a given 

resource are the implementation of the criteria for exemption provided in Attachment D of the PA. 

Those resources encountered that qualified as exempt under the PA were reviewed under CEQA

criteria and were found not to be historical resources or unique archaeological resources as 

defined by the CEQA Guidelines. 

Details of the archaeological surveys conducted for the F-B LGA are provided in Section 7.3 of 

the F-B LGA ASR (Authority and FRA 2016a) and Section 7.4 of the F-B LGA ASR Addendum 

No. 1 (Authority and FRA 2016e). No archaeological resources were identified in the portions of 

the Archaeological APE surveyed during the field visits.The field inventory will be completed for 

previously unsurveyed areas of the F-B LGA Archaeological APE after obtaining permission to 

enter. 

2 Based on the October 2016 APE as presented in F-B LGA ASR Addendum No.1. The January 2017 

environmental footprint includes an additional 8.5 acres that will be analyzed as part of a phased approach 

identification effort as stipulated in Stipulation III.A of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section MOA.
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Built Resources 

Architectural historians meeting the Professional Qualification Standards under the Standards for 

Architectural History and meeting the definition of Qualified Investigator in accordance with the 

PA identified and evaluated built resources (also referred to as built environment resources) for 

the F-B LGA. QIs developed the Built Resources APE and conducted reconnaissance and 

intensive-level surveys of the entire Built Resources APE. The Built Resources APE was defined 

in accordance with Attachment B of the PA. QIs conducted an intensive-level survey of the area 

to account for all buildings, structures, and objects found within the Built Resources APE. This 

survey took into account known resources (addressed in previous studies) and identified those 

built resources that would require surveying (specifically, those buildings, structures, or objects 

that not only appeared to be 50 years old or more, but also appeared to largely retain historic 

integrity). These resources were the survey population for this study and were subject to 

recordation and evaluation on State of California Department of Parks and Recreation Series 523 

(DPR 523) forms. Built resources that met the HSR PA definition of “streamlined documentation 

properties” are 50 years old or more that have been substantially altered, and required no further 

study. The architectural resource types listed in Attachment D of the PA were exempt from further 

study under Section 106 because they do not demonstrate potential for historical significance. 

None of these built resource types had potential to be considered historical resources as defined 

in the CEQA Guidelines. All surveys of the built resources within the Built Resource APE have 

been completed; however, additional built resources surveys may be necessary as the design 

progresses, resulting in a modification to the APE that may include additional resources.

As with the records search discussed above, the background research for known built resources 

was conducted using digital scans of the SSJVIC United States Geological Survey 7.5-minute 

topographic quadrangles that intersect with the F-B LGA. Each map was georeferenced and 

placed in a GIS environment to allow for accurate digitization of the individual resources and 

reports conveyed on the maps. All previously recorded resources and previous surveys on each 

quadrangle were digitized in conjunction with the records search results for archaeology 

(described above). 

QIs also collected additional information about built resources within the F-B LGA Built Resource

APE. This information includes review of the following sources: 

• National Register of Historic Places–Listed Properties and Determined Eligible Properties

(National Park Service, October 2015)

• Directory of Properties in the Historic Property Data File for Kern County (California Office of

Historic Preservation [OHP] March 2013)

• California Inventory of Historic Resources (OHP 1976)

• California Points of Historical Interest (OHP 1992)

• California Historical Landmarks (OHP 1996)

• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps in urban areas

• Historical United States Geological Survey quadrangles

Detailed historic contexts and property-specific research conducted for the significance 

evaluations were based on a wide range of primary and secondary materials gathered by QIs. 

(See Section 7 of the F-B LGA HASR [Authority and FRA 2016b] and Section 1 of the F-B LGA 

HPSR [Authority and FRA 2016c].) Research on the historic themes and survey population was 

conducted in both archival and published records, including, but not limited to: Beale Memorial 

Library (Bakersfield); the Kern County Assessor and Recorder; the California State Archives and 

Library; the California Railroad Museum Library; Shields Library (University of California, Davis); 

and maps and plans obtained from California Department of Transportation District 6 (Fresno). 

Research also included review of California Historical Landmarks and Points of Historical Interest 

publications and updates; the NRHP, CRHR, and local register listings; and published and digital 

versions of United States Census Bureau information, including population schedules (1850–
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1940) and agricultural schedules (1850–1880). In addition, research included review of previous 

cultural resources reports, historic-period maps, local- and state-level historical resource lists, city 

directories, and various newspaper and journal articles.

Results of the SSJVIC records search discussed above revealed 52 recorded built resources 

within the search area (i.e., within 1 mile of the alignment centerline adopted for the record search 

and used before the field surveys were conducted). The number of built resources identified in 

the search results was relatively low because much of the area within the Built Resource APE

had not been previously surveyed for built resources. 

Of the resources identified in the records search, seven are listed on the NRHP: the Shafter 

Railroad Depot in the city of Shafter; the Green Hotel in the city of Shafter; the Jastro Building in 

the city of Bakersfield; the Tevis Block in the city of Bakersfield; the Kern Branch, Beale Memorial 

Library in the city of Bakersfield; the Bakersfield Californian Building in the city of Bakersfield; and 

First Baptist Church in the city of Bakersfield. 

In addition, four California State Historical Landmarks were identified within the search area, all 

within the city of Bakersfield: Garces Circle (#277); the Colonel Thomas Baker Memorial (#382); 

the Site of the Last Home of Alexis Godey (#690); and the Site of the Last Home of Elisha 

Stevens (#732). 

The search identified nine built resources not listed but found eligible for inclusion in the NRHP or 

CRHR within the search area. The other 32 built resources identified in the search results had 

been found “not eligible” for listing in the NRHP, had been destroyed, or had not been fully 

evaluated. Any resources reported in the search results that were not fully evaluated, or were 

listed in the data file as requiring further study, and were within the Built Resources APE, were 

added to the study population.

Furthermore, a records search conducted at the SSJVIC for the Bakersfield to Palmdale Project 

Section (SSJVIC File No. 15-140) on May 14, 2015, identified 15 built resources within 1 mile of 

the F-B LGA centerline southeast of Oswell Street. None of the 15 resources are within the F-B 

LGA Built Resources APE. The closest resource is the Ruano House (P-15-11722), a singlefamily residence located at 3152 Pioneer Drive approximately 1,300 feet (0.25 mile) from the F-B 

LGA’s easternmost proposed column.

Although an archaeological or built resource may not be listed in or determined to be eligible for 

listing in the NRHP or the CRHR, a local register of historic resources (pursuant to Section 

5020.1[k] of the Public Resources Code), or identified in an historic resources survey (meeting

the criteria in Section 5024.1[g] of the Public Resources Code), a lead agency may still determine 

it to be an historical resource as defined in Public Resources Code, Section 5020.1(j) or 5024.1.

Such resources may be considered to be historical for the purposes of CEQA. 

Once the Built Resources APE was defined, fieldwork began with a reconnaissance-level survey 

to account for all built resources found within the Built Resources APE. This reconnaissance took 

into account known resources (see above) and also identified additional resources that would 

require evaluation in the HPSR or HASR, as required by the PA. The reconnaissance survey 

identified hundreds of built resources that did not appear in the SSJVIC search results. The built

resources identified during the SSJVIC search and reconnaissance survey that could be 

potentially eligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR became the survey population.

Once the survey population was generated, property-specific research of those built resources 

within this survey population proceeded. To confirm specific construction dates and refine 

estimated dates of construction, background research was conducted for all built resources in the 

survey population through an online commercial database to review current county assessor 

property data, as well as through review of historical fire insurance maps, railroad plat maps, 

United States Geological Survey topographic quadrangle maps, county assessor records, 

historical aerial photographs, and many other documents. This research helped determine which 

resources were built in or before 1965. As mentioned previously, those resources that met the 

definition of the architectural resource types listed in Attachment D of the PA were exempt from 

further study because they do not demonstrate potential for historical significance. The remaining 
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built resources in the survey population were then evaluated for listing in the NRHP and the 

CRHR using the guidelines presented in Section 3.17.2.4 and 3.17.2.5. 

Within the F-B LGA Built Resource APE, there are a total of 14 individual properties eligible for 

listing in the NRHP and CRHR and one property that is an historical resource for the purposes of 

CEQA only (Table 3.17-1; Figure 3.17-1). Of the 14 eligible properties, six previously received 

concurrence from the SHPO and eight are newly identified, including two previously recorded 

properties that did not have SHPO concurrence. The F-B LGA Built Resources APE contains

458 ineligible built resources, including 226 that were previously determined ineligible, 133 that 

were found ineligible as part of the F-B LGA studies, and 99 that were ineligible through 

streamlined documentation as defined in the Section 106 PA. For full details and descriptions of 

these resources, see the F-B LGA HASR (Authority and FRA 2016b) and the F-B LGA HASR 

Addendum No. 1 (Authority and FRA 2016f).

Table 3.17-1 Built Resources Identified in the F-B LGA Built Resource Area of Potential 

Effect that are Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places or California Register of 

Historical Resources, or that Meet the Definition of a CEQA Historical Resource 

MR 

Number

Historic Name APN Address City Year 

Built

Eligibility SHPO 

Concurrence 

OHP

Status 

Code 

MR #00A1 Santa Fe 

Passenger and 

Freight Depot

027-030-

08

150–200 

Central Valley 

Hwy

Shafter 1917, 

c. 2000

NRHP;

CRHR

Previously 

received

1S, NRHP

#82002187

MR #00B San Francisco 

& San Joaquin 

Valley Railway 

Shafter Section 

House

027-070-

28

434 Central 

Valley Hwy

Shafter 1898 NRHP;

CRHR

Previously 

received

2S2

MR #00C Friant-Kern 

Canal

Friant-Kern 

Canal

Kern County – 1945–

1951

NRHP;

CRHR

Previously 

received

2S2

MR #025 San Joaquin 

Compress and 

Warehouse 

Company

116-021-

08; 116-

021-09;

116-060-

08; 116-

070-14

4130 State Rd Bakersfield 1925 NRHP;

CRHR

Received as a 

result of this 

study

2S2

MR #032 Union Ice 

Company

002-271-

02; 002-

271-06

3301 Chester 

Ave

Bakersfield 1901, 

1910,

c. 1960

CEQA 

Historical 

Resource3

N/A 5S1

MR #133 Statue of 

Father Garces

CHL #277 Garces Circle Bakersfield 1939 NRHP;

CRHR

Previously 

received

2

MR #042 Republic 

Supply 

Company (aka 

Golden Empire 

Gleaners)

002-240-

02

1326 30th St Bakersfield 1937–

1946

NRHP;

CRHR

Received as a 

result of this 

study

2S2

MR #055 Division of 

Forestry 

Service Office

002-120-

07

2731-2738 O 

St; 1120 

Golden State 

Ave

Bakersfield 1940, 

1942, 

1972

NRHP;

CRHR

Received as a 

result of this 

study

2S2
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MR 

Number

Historic Name APN Address City Year 

Built

Eligibility SHPO 

Concurrence 

OHP

Status 

Code 

MR #0752 Kern County 

Land Company 

Warehouse

014-350-

09

210 Sumner 

St

Bakersfield 1880 NRHP;

CRHR

Received as a 

result of this 

study

2S2

MR #097 Noriega’s 016-050-

05

525 Sumner 

St

Bakersfield 1893–

1940

NRHP;

CRHR

Received as a 

result of this 

study

2S2

MR #107 Amestoy Hotel

(Narducci’s 

Café, formerly 

Cesmat Hotel)

016-060-

12

622 E 21st St Bakersfield 1899 NRHP;

CRHR

Received as a 

result of this 

study

2S2

MR #1162 Southern 

Pacific Depot 

(Bakersfield)

014-370-

01

730 Sumner 

St

Bakersfield 1889, 

1941

NRHP;

CRHR

Received as a 

result of this 

study

2S2

MR #120 Fire Station 

Number 2

016-070-

12; 016-

070-13; 

016-070-

14

716 E 21st St Bakersfield 1940 NRHP;

CRHR

Received as a 

result of this 

study

2S2

MR #00D Folk Victorian 141-130-

25

2509 E 

California Ave 

Bakersfield c. 1898 NRHP;

CRHR

Previously 

received

2S2

MR #030 SR 204/Golden 

State Ave

N/A N/A Bakersfield 1933–

1963

NRHP;

CRHR

Previously 

received

2

1 MR Numbers ending with letters represent resources previously evaluated in the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS. 2 Previously recorded as eligible (OHP Status Code 3S) but did not receive State Historic Preservation Officer concurrence; updated Department 

of Parks and Recreation Series 523 forms prepared. 3 Historic Point of Interest

APN = Assessor’s Parcel Number NRHP = National Register of Historic Places 

CHL = California Historical Landmark OHP = Office of Historic Preservation 

CRHR = California Register of Historical Resources SHPO = State Historic Preservation Officer

MR = Map Reference SR = State Route

N/A = not applicable
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Figure 3.17-1 Historic Properties and Historical Resources Identified in the F-B LGA Area 

of Potential Effect
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Figure 3.17-1 Historic Properties and Historical Resources Identified in the F-B LGA Area 

of Potential Effect
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Figure 3.17-1 Historic Properties and Historical Resources Identified in the F-B LGA Area 

of Potential Effect
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Figure 3.17-1 Historic Properties and Historical Resources Identified in the F-B LGA Area 

of Potential Effect
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Figure 3.17-1 Historic Properties and Historical Resources Identified in the F-B LGA Area 

of Potential Effect
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Figure 3.17-1 Historic Properties and Historical Resources Identified in the F-B LGA Area 

of Potential Effect
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The built resources surveys included consideration of the presence of potential TCPs, which are 

considered eligible for inclusion in the NRHP when they are rooted in a community’s history, are 

important in maintaining the continuing cultural identity of the community, and meet criteria for 

evaluation and integrity. Three such resources were identified in Bakersfield: 

• Noriega’s

• Narducci’s Café

• Pyrenees Café

The resources were studied and evaluated by an ethnographer and discussed in the Fresno to 

Bakersfield Section Basque Traditional Cultural Properties Study (Authority and FRA 2016a) and 

in the F-B LGA HASR (Authority and FRA 2016b: pages 8-7 and 8-8). All of the resources were at 

one point associated with the Basque community of Bakersfield. The TCP study included a 

preliminary literature review to inform the nature and structure of the interview questions, as well 

as to provide a context for understanding and interpreting the statements made by the 

interviewees. Historians conducted archival research on the three resources and shared 

information with the ethnographer. Interviews with prominent members of the Basque community 

in Bakersfield were conducted during multiple field visits in August, September, and 

October 2015. Of the three potentially eligible TCP resources identified, only Noriega’s is eligible 

for listing on the NRHP as a TCP.

Determination of Effect on Cultural Resources

Please see Section 3.17.3.1 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS (Authority and 

FRA 2014a: pages 3.17-19 and 3.17-20) for an overview of the analysis of effects to historical 

resources and historic properties, including impact analysis and adverse effects. The analysis of 

potential effects on cultural resources is based on the Criteria of Adverse Effect described in 

regulations implementing Section 106 of the NHPA at 36 C.F.R. Part 800.5. Under these 

regulations, an undertaking has an effect on an historic property when the undertaking may alter, 

directly or indirectly, the characteristics of the property that may qualify the property for inclusion 

in the NRHP(36 C.F.R. Part 800.5[a]). An effect is considered adverse when the effect on an 

historic property may diminish the integrity of the property’s location, design, setting, materials, 

workmanship, feeling, or association. Adverse effects may include reasonably foreseeable effects 

caused by the undertaking that may occur later in time, be farther removed in distance, or be 

cumulative, including:

• Physical destruction of or damage to all or part of the property.

• Alteration of a property, including restoration, rehabilitation, repair, maintenance, stabilization,

hazardous material remediation, and provision of handicapped access, that is not consistent

with the Secretary’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (36 C.F.R. Part 68)

and applicable guidelines.

• Removal of the property from its historic location.

• Change of the character of the property’s use or of physical features within the property’s

setting that contribute to its historic significance.

• Introduction of visual, atmospheric, or audible elements that diminish the integrity of the

property’s significant historic features.

• Neglect of a property that causes its deterioration, except where such neglect and

deterioration are recognized qualities of a property of religious and cultural significance to a

Native American tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.

• Transfer, lease, or sale of property out of federal ownership or control without adequate and

legally enforceable restrictions or conditions to ensure long-term preservation of the

property’s historic significance.

Effects analysis also considered potential effects to ethnographic resources. Intensity of impacts 

on ethnographic resources may relate to access and use, as well as physical modifications, to 

traditionally important places. While traditionally associated with Native American cultural 
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practices, such as communal gathering locations or mythology, TCPs can be relevant for any 

group that associates a location with cultural tradition, sense of place, or specific values.

Please see Sections 3.17.2.4 and 3.17.2.5 for the methods for evaluating impacts under the 

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and CEQA, respectively.

3.17.2.3 Agency, Native American, and Public Consultation and Outreach

The Fresno to Bakersfield Section has an Outreach Plan (January 2011) and an Agency 

Coordination Plan (2009) to organize coordination through the project development process. A 

Public Outreach Plan has been developed for the F-B LGA (July 2015). The PA, developed in 

coordination with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and SHPO, describes the 

Native American consultation process. Consultation with the SHPO, the ACHP, and the California 

Native American Heritage Commission and representatives of Native American tribes regarding 

potential impacts on archaeological and built resource properties, cultural sites, and prehistoric 

archaeological sites has been ongoing throughout this project and will continue, in accordance 

with the PA and MOA, as the project progresses.

Agency

Refer to Section 3.17.3.2 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS (Authority and FRA

2014a: pages 3.17-21 through 3.17-43) for a summary of outreach efforts to identify other federal, 

state, regional, or local agencies that may have responsibilities for historic properties and may 

want to review reports and findings for an undertaking within their jurisdictions. The Authority 

issued a formal notification letter to the local government agencies that consulted for the Fresno 

to Bakersfield section on August 26, 2015, inviting them to participate as consulting parties during 

initial historic property identification efforts for the F-B LGA. The Authority provided maps and 

information for the F-B LGA and asked for input regarding the presence of historic or cultural 

resources that may be affected by the F-B LGA. On July 29, 2016, the City of Bakersfield and the 

City of Shafter were notified via email of modifications to the APEs. An exhibit showing the 

original APEs (January 2016) and modified APEs (June 2016) was provided in these emails. On 

October 5, 2016, these two agencies were again notified via email of an APE expansion. The

local agency consultation efforts conducted for the F-B LGA are summarized in Table 3.17-2. 

Table 3.17-2 Local Agency Consultation and Outreach Efforts

Entity Section 106 MOA Involvement Response

Consulting Party Invitation Letter of August 26, 2015

City of Corcoran Fresno to Bakersfield MOA concurring party No response.

City of Fresno Fresno to Bakersfield MOA concurring party No response.

City of Shafter Fresno to Bakersfield MOA concurring party No response.

City of Bakersfield Historic Preservation Commission Fresno to Bakersfield MOA concurring party No response.

County of Kern Planning and Community 

Development 

N/A No response.

APE modification Notification letter of July 29, 2016

City of Shafter Fresno to Bakersfield MOA concurring party No response.

City of Bakersfield Historic Preservation Commission Fresno to Bakersfield MOA concurring party No response.

APE modification Notification letter of October 5, 2016

City of Shafter Fresno to Bakersfield MOA concurring party No response.

City of Bakersfield Historic Preservation Commission Fresno to Bakersfield MOA concurring party No response.

APE = area of potential effect N/A = not applicable

MOA = memorandum of agreement
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Native American

Outreach to Native American tribal governments for the Fresno to Bakersfield Section began in 

2009 and includes all tribes listed by the Native American Heritage Commission for Fresno, 

Kings, Tulare, and Kern counties. Through continued outreach and consultation, six tribal 

governments elected to participate as Consulting Parties for the Fresno to Bakersfield Section, 

including: the Table Mountain Rancheria; the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians; the

Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokuts Tribe; the Tejon Indian Tribe; and the Kern Valley Indian 

Council. On August 12, 2015, consultation letters were sent via email and mail to Native 

American tribes that are consulting parties for the Fresno to Bakersfield Section of the HSR

project. The tribal Consulting Parties were provided maps and information for the F-B LGA and 

were asked for input regarding the presence of cultural resources that may be affected by the F-B 

LGA. Those contacted as part of the mailings were notified of and encouraged to attend a public

open house meeting to learn more about the project and voice their concerns. A flyer for the F-B 

LGA community open house meeting held on August 25, 2015, was attached to the consultation 

letters. Consulting party tribes for the Fresno to Bakersfield Section were again emailed on July 

29, 2016, and on October 5, 2016, to notify them of APE modifications as specified in Stipulation 

VI.A of the PA. The emails included letters, maps, and information for modifications to the F-B 

LGA Archaeological APE and requested input from the tribes regarding any concerns they may 

have about cultural resources that may be affected. The Native American consultation efforts 

conducted for the F-B LGA are summarized below: 

• Mary Motola, Cultural Resources Director, Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi

Indians: No response to the emails or the letter has been received to date.

• Robert Robinson, Co-Chairperson, Kern Valley Indian Council: No response to the

emails or the letter has been received to date.

• Shana Brum or Lalo Franco, Cultural Specialists, Santa Rosa Tachi Yokuts Tribe: No

response to the emails or the letter has been received to date.

• Colin Rambo, Tribal Historic Preservation, Tejon Indian Tribe: Mr. Rambo responded via

email on August 12, 2015, requesting GIS data for the F-B LGA. Ms. Sarah Allred of the

Authority provided GIS data files to Mr. Rambo via email on August 14, 2015, and requested

of Mr. Rambo that the files be protected as confidential. The Tejon Indian Tribe responded on

September 17, 2015, via email that they had no concerns about the F-B LGA at that time. No

response to the July 29 or October 5, 2016, emails has been received to date.

• Kerri Vera, Environmental Director, Tule River Indian Tribe: No response to the emails or

the letter has been received to date.

• Bob Pennell, Cultural Resources Director, Table Mountain Rancheria: Ms. Barnett of the

Table Mountain Rancheria responded on behalf of Mr. Pennell via email on August 12, 2015,

requesting GIS data for the F-B LGA. Ms. Allred provided GIS data files to Ms. Barnett and

Mr. Pennell via email on August 14, 2015, and requested the files be protected as

confidential. No response to this email or the emails sent July 29 and October 5, 2016, has

been received to date.

The Native American Heritage Commission conducted an additional Sacred Lands File search for 

the geographic area of the F-B LGA in October 2015. This search failed to indicate the presence 

of any sacred sites in or near the F-B LGA. Consultation and communications with the Fresno to 

Bakersfield Tribal Consulting Parties are ongoing for all portions of the larger Fresno to 

Bakersfield Section, including the F-B LGA, and includes tribal participation on pedestrian 

archaeological surveys; opportunities for tribes to review and comment on cultural resources 

technical reports; participation of tribal monitors during ground-disturbing construction activities; 

and tribal participation in the development of treatments and mitigation for effects to significant 

resources.
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Public

For the purposes of the F-B LGA, the Authority, in coordination with the City of Bakersfield, 

hosted a community open house meeting at the Bakersfield Marriott on August 25, 2015. The 

community open house provided the public an opportunity to voice their concerns regarding the 

F-B LGA, including historic resources that may be affected. The Authority also provided the public 

an opportunity to voice their concerns at a community open house meeting held in Shafter on 

September 17, 2015. Another open house meeting, hosted by the Authority and FRA, was held in 

the city of Bakersfield on November 5, 2015. Participants of these meetings did not express

concerns for historic resources that may be affected by the F-B LGA. Members of the Basque 

community attended these public meetings, but had no concerns or comments about the Project’s 

potential effects to Noriega’s.

Historical Societies and Museums

Because the F-B LGA included areas not previously studied, the Authority issued a supplemental 

notification to potentially interested parties for the F-B LGA by letter on August 26, 2015 as part of 

the initial outreach. The historical society consultation efforts conducted for the F-B LGA are 

summarized in Section 5.1 of the F-B LGA HASR (Authority and FRA 2016b) and in Table 3.17-3. 

Table 3.17-3 Historical Societies and Museums Consulted

Entity Response

Consulting Party Invitation Letter of August 26, 2015

Beale Memorial Library/Kern County Library No response.

Kern County Historical Society No response.

Minter Field Air Museum No response.

Shafter Depot Museum/Shafter Historical Society No response.

Parties contacted for purposes of the HASR

Kern County Museum No response.

Southern San Joaquin Valley Information Center No response.

HASR = Historic Architectural Survey Report

3.17.2.4 Methods for Evaluating Impacts Under NEPA

The evaluation of impacts under NEPA in this Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS focuses on a 

comprehensive discussion of the project’s potential impacts in terms of context, intensity, and 

duration and provides agency decision makers and the public with a comparison between the 

May 2014 Project and the F-B LGA.

As described more fully in the Section 3.17.3.3 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS

for the purposes of cultural resources, the evaluation of project impacts under NEPA is not the 

same as the evaluation of project effects under Section 106. The ACHP stated in the preamble of 

the revised Section 106 regulations (ACHP 2004:49) that the rules contain “no significance or 

materiality limitations,” such as those contained in NEPA that limit most of that statute's key 

provisions only to actions that might significantly affect the environment. In contrast, the ACHP 

Section 106 rules seek to require agencies to examine all effects, whether or not the effects are 

significant. Where there is an alteration of an historic property, any diminishment of any aspect of 

its historic integrity, however measured, can support a finding of “adverse effect.” Although 

actions determined to have an adverse effect under Section 106 and 36 C.F.R. Part 800 may be 

mitigated, the effect remains adverse. Section 106 exists as the governing process for 

establishing the criteria for determining an adverse effect on historic properties, as opposed to 

NEPA, for the purposes of the analysis presented in this chapter of the EIR/EIS, the conclusions 

based on Section 106 criteria regarding whether an impact will be adverse or not are provided.
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3.17.2.5 Methods for Evaluating Impacts Under CEQA

The following paragraphs were extracted from Section 3.17.3.4 of the Fresno to Bakersfield 

Section Final EIR/EIS (Authority and FRA 2014a: pages 3.17-44 and 3.17-45), which presents 

the methods for evaluating impacts to cultural resources under CEQA and the significance 

thresholds for the HSR project. These are also applicable to the F-B LGA. 

Based on the CEQA Guidelines, the project would result in a significant impact on cultural 

resources if it would result in any of the following: 

• Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource as defined in

Section 15064.5

• Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of an archaeological resource

pursuant to Section 15064.5

• Disturb any human remains, including those interred outside of formal cemeteries

The state CEQA Guidelines use the following definitions to analyze impacts on historical or 

archaeological resources:

• Substantial adverse change in the significance of an historical resource means physical

demolition, destruction, relocation, or alteration of the resource or its immediate surroundings

such that the significance of the historical resource would be materially impaired (Section

15064.5[b][1]).

• The significance of an historical resource would be materially impaired when a project

demolishes or materially alters in an adverse manner those physical characteristics that

convey its historic significance or justify its inclusion in, or eligibility for, the NRHP, CRHR, or

local registers (Section 15064.5[b][2][A–C]).

The CEQA Guidelines provide for a less than significant impact finding for built historical 

resources that would require treatment. Section 15064.5(b)(3) states:

“Generally, a project that follows the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the 

Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, 

Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings or the Secretary of the Interior’s 

Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings 

(1995), Weeks and Grimmer, shall be considered as mitigated to a level of less 

than a significant impact on the historical resource.” 

In evaluating the significance of impacts under CEQA, the analysis considered whether the 

project would cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of historical and 

archaeological resources. If it did, the conclusion was that it was a significant impact before 

mitigation. 

Most resources analyzed under CEQA include resources that are listed or eligible for listing in the 

NRHP. However, as shown by the definitions above, historical or archaeological resources 

subject to CEQA review are not limited to the NRHP.

3.17.3 Affected Environment

This section discusses the affected environment related to cultural resources for the May 2014 

Project and the F-B LGA.

3.17.3.1 Summary of the May 2014 Project Affected Environment

Eighteen Section 106 historic properties or CEQA historical resources were addressed in the 

FOE, MOA, and treatment plans for the May 2014 Project. Seven of these resources (1300-1316 

H Street, 1310-1312 Eye Street, 1401-1409 K Street, 1323 K Street, 1323 L Street, 1330 L 

Street, and 1326 L Street) are not eligible for listing in the CRHR or the NRHP; however, they are 

included in the Bakersfield Register of Historic Places and as such are considered historical 

resources for purposes of CEQA. One of these resources (CA-KER-2507) is assumed eligible for 
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listing in the NRHP per the PA because it cannot be fully evaluated until access is granted. The 

remaining ten resources qualify as both Section 106 historic properties and CEQA historical 

resources. Table 3.17-4 provides an overview of the May 2014 Project’s affected environment, 

which includes both CEQA-only historical resources and Section 106 historic properties. Please 

refer to Section 3.17.4 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS (Authority and FRA

2014a: pages 3.17-48 through 3.17-94) for a detailed discussion of the affected environment for 

the May 2014 Project. 

Table 3.17-4 Affected Environment of May 2014 Project (Section 106 Historic Properties 

and CEQA Historical Resources)

APN Resource Name and Address* City/County Year Built OHP

Status 

Code

NRHP 

Criteria

00641104 1300-1316 H St Bakersfield, Kern ca. 1912-1920 6Z NA

00641206 1310-1312 Eye St Bakersfield, Kern 1926 6Z NA

00639102 1401-1409 K St Bakersfield, Kern 1913 6Z NA

00646003 1323 K St Bakersfield, Kern ca. 1921 6Z NA

00645002 1323 L St Bakersfield, Kern ca. 1912-1920 6Z NA

00644026 1330 L St Bakersfield, Kern 1920 6Z NA

00644025 1326 L St Bakersfield, Kern 1920 6Z C

02707028 San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley

Railroad Section House 434 Central

Valley Hwy

Shafter, Kern 1898 2S2 A, C

N/A Friant-Kern Canal Bakersfield, Kern 1945-51 2S2 A

00405201 Harvey Auditorium Bakersfield, Kern 1934 2S2 C

00629001 Kern County Civic Administrative

Center

Bakersfield, Kern 1956-59 2S2 A, C

00643002,

00643003

Stark/Spencer Residence Bakersfield, Kern 1898 2S2 C

N/A Union Avenue Corridor Bakersfield, Kern 1933 2S2 A 

01728004 Salon Juarez Bakersfield, Kern ca. 1912-48 2S2 A

01726007 1031 E 18th St Bakersfield, Kern ca. 1900 2S2 C

01749014 San Joaquin Cotton Oil Company Bakersfield, Kern 1924-29 2S2 A 

14113025 2509 E. California Bakersfield, Kern ca. 1898 2S2 C 

Restricted** CA-KER-2507 Bakersfield, Kern NA NA*** NA***

*This table was prepared with data compiled from the Fresno to Bakersfield Section FOE (Authority and FRA 2014e), the Fresno to Bakersfield ATP

(Authority and FRA 2014f), and the Fresno to Bakersfield Final EIR/EIS (Authority and FRA 2014a).

**Location of archaeological resources is confidential. The legal authority to restrict cultural resources information is in Section 304 of the NHPA, 

California Government Code Sections 6254(r) and 6254.10, and Cal. Code Regs. Title 14, Section 15120(d).

***For the preferred alternative referenced in the Fresno to Bakersfield ATP, SHPO stated that further investigation would be required prior to 

construction to determine this resource’s eligibility for listing in the NRHP and CRHR pursuant to PA Stipulation VI.E (Authority and FRA 2014f).

APN = Assessor’s Parcel Number

NA = not applicable 

NRHP = National Register of Historic Places

OHP = Office of Historic Preservation
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3.17.3.2 Affected Environment of the F-B LGA

This section describes the cultural resources within the APEs for the F-B LGA.

Archaeological Resources

Please see Section 3.17.4.1 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS (Authority and 

FRA 2014a: pages 3.17-45 through 3.17-53) for an overview of the prehistory, ethnographic 

setting, chronology, and historic setting of the San Joaquin Valley, which includes the area 

affected by the F-B LGA. 

Archaeological Resources Within the F-B LGA Archaeological Area of Potential Effect3

As discussed in Section 3.17.2, the records of all recorded sites within 1 mile of the F-B LGA

centerline were obtained from the SSJVIC. Based on this archival review and research, nine 

previously recorded archaeological sites are within 1 mile of the F-B LGA and none are within the 

Archaeological APE. Field surveys that included pedestrian surveys (all under 20-meter 

transects) of 101.9 acres (5.8 percent) of the Archaeological APE were conducted in October 

2015 and July 2016. The remaining 94.2 percent (1,622.7 acres) of the Archaeological APE 

consisted of either paved areas, areas that were windshield surveyed, inaccessible areas, areas 

previously surveyed for the Fresno to Bakersfield Section (19.5 acres), or areas where 

permission to enter was not received or granted. No archaeological resources were identified 

during the field survey.

Background research identified eight areas as sensitive for historic-period archaeological 

deposits. One area may contain an archaeological deposit or feature associated with an oil well 

that was depicted on a 1912 Sanborn map, one area is the site of a bottling works, and one area 

may contain the remnants of an “asphalt shed” depicted on an 1898 Sanborn map. Furthermore,

five built environment resources listed in or eligible for listing in the NRHP that are within or 

adjacent to the F-B LGA Archaeological APE may contain historic-period archaeological deposits.

Garces Memorial Circle is located at the site of a Mission-period Native American village, while 

four buildings in Bakersfield associated with the railroad (UPRR) may contain archaeological 

deposits. 

The geoarchaeological analysis of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section depicts the F-B LGA as

situated primarily on landforms that have very low to moderate sensitivity for buried pre-contactera archaeological deposits. However, in areas that surround the Kern River, the probability of 

encountering buried archaeological deposits is very high (Authority and FRA 2014c). 

Archaeological Resources Within 1 Mile of the F-B LGA Centerline

Nine archaeological cultural resources were identified as being within 1 mile of the F-B LGA

centerline, none of which are within the Archaeological APE. Five of these resources are historicperiod archaeological sites, three are prehistoric, and one is a multi-component site. The closest 

previously recorded archaeological site (P-15-016230) is over 100 feet away (0.03 mile) from the 

Archaeological APE. To provide a background of the types of archaeological sites that occur in 

the area, the sites identified within 1 mile of the F-B LGA centerline are discussed below.

The five historic-period sites identified within the 1-mile radius of the F-B LGA centerline are as 

follows: 

• P-15-016230, recorded in 2012, is described as a 1942 gas pipeline site consisting of

14 railroad ties modified and used as pipeline shoring. The railroad ties are buried 1.5 feet

below ground surface and are situated side-by-side, perpendicular to the pipeline. The site

also contains solidified oil/tar, metal fragments, a railroad spike, and a Norton ball-joint bolt

tightener.

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• KER-PRO-23 is the site of the El Tejon Hotel, which was excavated in 1970. Cultural

materials recovered include ceramic fragments, bottles, glass fragments, metal tools, a brass

badge, and various other refuse.

• P-15-009652/CA-KER-5867 is a 1920s Asian residential site consisting of a small mound

where a house was previously located, a brick walkway, and portions of a concrete roadway.

• P-15-004728 is a 108-foot segment of an abandoned railroad siding.

• P-15-009016/CA-KER-5614H is a residential neighborhood site excavated in 1999. Cultural

features associated with the site included 15 historic trash pits dating from 1890 to the 1940s

and 2 landscape modification features (a sidewalk/foundation and an alleyway).

The three prehistoric sites identified within 1 mile of the F-B LGA centerline are as follows: 

• P-15-002874 is a lithic scatter that consists of a steatite bowl fragment, a chalcedony flake, a

sandstone mortar fragment, and a granite pestle.

• P-15-009853 is an isolated preform pestle.

• P-15-017238 is a quartzite cobble that is a possible hammerstone.

Finally, the one multi-component site identified within 1 mile of the F-B LGA centerline is as 

follows: 

• P-15-004383/CA-KER-4187/H consists of the remains of the Bryant School and associated

trash scatter, and a prehistoric site containing a lithic flake scatter, a mortar, and a pestle.

(This site also has a built resource: the Public Works Administration-era, Moderne-style

Central Fire Station.)

Field Survey Results

No archaeological resources were identified within the F-B LGA’s Archaeological APE (for 

parcels, which permission to enter was approved) during the October 2015 and July 2016 field 

surveys. 

Built Resources

Historic Context of Built Resources

The broader San Joaquin Valley and Kern County historic contexts that generally apply to the 

built resources identified within the F-B LGA’s Built Resource APE can be found in Section 

3.17.4.3 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS (Authority and FRA 2014a: pages 

3.17-57 through 3.17-59). Specific themes associated with the historic context of the F-B LGA

built resources study population are identified and detailed in the F-B LGA HASR (Authority and 

FRA 2016b) and are summarized in the following paragraphs.

Irrigation and transportation systems were the two principal factors in the historic-era 

development of the region through which the F-B LGA passes. This region was sparsely 

inhabited before California statehood in 1850. Although the California Gold Rush stimulated initial 

economic development and settlement in this region in the mid-19th century, it was the advent of 

irrigated agriculture and the arrival of the first railroad in the 1870s that profoundly reshaped the 

existing setting to promote agricultural and municipal growth in the Central Valley. Subsequent 

events and trends beginning at the turn of the 20th century (particularly the widespread adoption 

of the automobile and advent of high-volume water conveyance systems) amplified and extended 

the development initially brought to the region of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section in the late 19th 

century, while agriculture persisted as a dominant economic force in the area. These themes 

provide the appropriate context within which the resources of the survey population were

evaluated for historic significance.

The built resources survey population for the F-B LGA included many buildings and structures 

that date to the 20th century, most of which are commercial and industrial buildings and 

infrastructure, with few residences or farmsteads. These resources are located throughout the 

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located in the far less developed rural area between the two cities. Mixed commercial and 

industrial development is especially evident along the former San Francisco and San Joaquin 

Valley Railway through central Shafter, and along the former Southern Pacific Railroad corridor 

from 7th Standard Road southward along the SR 99 corridor into Bakersfield and the former town 

of Sumner in East Bakersfield. The Bakersfield portion of the F-B LGA Built Resource APE

includes the Golden State Avenue and SR 99 corridors, which generally parallel the former 

Southern Pacific Railroad line (now UPRR). The modernization and expansion of these roadways 

encouraged the 20th century growth of commercial and industrial properties. 

Furthermore, a 64-block area of Bakersfield sustained damage after a series of disastrous 

earthquakes occurred in the summer of 1952, with almost a quarter of the 400 buildings involved 

needing to be razed. Bakersfield and its residents immediately began to rebuild, not only 

constructing a new city hall, civic center, and hospital expansion, but also repairing and rebuilding 

private businesses and residences. Some of the hardest-hit areas included the older brick 

masonry buildings, like those in Sumner (Authority and FRA 2016b). 

Built Resources Within the Built Resources Area of Potential Effect

The SSJVIC records search and literature review, archival research, consultation with potentially 

interested parties, and field survey results identified 473 built resources within the F-B LGA Built 

Resources APE. Of those, 14 are historic properties and are listed or eligible for listing in the 

NRHP and CRHR, 458 are not eligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR, and one is considered an 

historical resource for the purposes of CEQA only. Those resources found not to qualify as 

historic properties under Section 106 or historical resources under CEQA are not addressed in 

this Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS. The 14 resources within the F-B LGA Built Resource APE that 

are listed or eligible for listing in the NRHP and the CRHR (Map Reference [MR] #s 00A, 00B, 

00C, 025, 133, 042, 055, 075, 097, 107, 116,120, 00D, and 030), and the one resource that is a 

California Point of Historic Interest and therefore considered a CEQA historical resource (MR 

#032) are reported in the F-B LGA HASR and the F-B LGA HPSR (Authority and FRA 2016b, 

2016c), and in the F-B LGA HASR Addendum No. 1 (Authority and FRA 2016f). Any resources 

reported in the search results that were within the F-B LGA Built Resources APE, and that were 

not fully evaluated or were listed in the data file as requiring further study, were added to the built

resources study population. More than half of the 473 built resources identified within the Built 

Resource APE for the F-B LGA were addressed by previous Fresno to Bakersfield Section 

studies, as described in Section 1.1 of the F-B LGA HASR (Authority and FRA 2016b). The 

remaining survey population consisted of those resources built in 1965 or before (resources that 

were 50 years old or older at the time of the surveys in 2015 and 2016, in accordance with the 

PA). All built resources were evaluated in accordance with the Section 106 PA, as well as Section 

15064.5(a)(2)–(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, using the criteria outlined in California Public 

Resources Code, Section 5024.1. 

All of the resources in the survey population reflect the major historic events and trends that 

occurred within the F-B LGA study corridor, as presented previously in this section. The majority 

of the survey population resources are located in the city of Bakersfield (75 percent), while the 

remainder are located in unincorporated Kern County or the city of Shafter. Most of the survey 

population properties date to the 20th century, with only about 5 percent dating to the 1870s–

1890s. The 19th century properties consist of irrigation canals, commercial or agricultural 

buildings, and a few residences.

The following 15 resources within the F-B LGA Built Resources APE were determined eligible or 

are listed on the NRHP and the CRHR or otherwise meet the definition of an historical resource 

as defined by CEQA: 

• Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot, Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN): 02703008,

150–200 Central Valley Highway, Shafter; MR #00A (NRHP/CRHR). The Santa Fe Depot

is a two-story, wood-frame railroad depot constructed in 1917. The building is listed in the

CRHR and NRHP (NRHP Reference No. 82002187, certified on January 19, 1982), and is

significant at the local level under Criterion C as an example of the standard combination

frame depot. Its period of significance is 1917, when the building was originally constructed.
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No specific character-defining features were noted in the NRHP nomination. However, key 

elements of this building include its massing, plan, wood siding, hip roof, exterior porch, and 

fenestration. Although this building was moved, it was listed in the NRHP based on the fact 

that it is still adjacent to and oriented toward the railroad. The NRHP nomination defined the 

boundary of the historic property as lot numbers 6, 7, & 8 inclusive, of Block 2, City of 

Shafter. 

• San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway Shafter Section House, APN: 02707028,

434 Central Valley Highway, Shafter; MR #00B (NRHP/CRHR). This building is a small,

wood-frame, folk-style residence with Craftsman details located adjacent to the present-day

BNSF. The building was determined eligible for the NRHP and listed in the CRHR in

February 2012. The property is significant at the local level under Criterion A for its

association with the founding of Shafter, and under Criterion C as an example of a section

house along the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway (predecessor to the BNSF).

Its period of significance under Criterion A extends from 1898, when it was constructed, to

the 1910s, when it played an important part in the founding and early development of Shafter.

Its period of significance under Criterion C is its year of construction. The character-defining

features are the horizontal wood siding, double-hung wood windows with wide wood casing,

recessed porch with square supports and capitals facing the railroad tracks, diamond-pattern

tin-shingle roofing, and wide eaves with exposed rafter tails. The boundary of this residential

historic property is its legal parcel.

• Friant-Kern Canal, Bakersfield Vicinity; MR #00C (NRHP/CRHR). The Friant-Kern Canal is

a 152-mile-long, gravity-fed, earth- and concrete-lined canal that terminates at the Kern River

northwest of Bakersfield. As a key component of California’s Central Valley Project, the canal

has been determined eligible for listing in the NRHP. It is historically significant at the state

level under NRHP Criterion A, within the context of development, construction, and operation

of the Central Valley Project. The period of significance is 1945 to 1951, its period of

construction. Character-defining features include its overall length, width, and major

contributing structures, which include major canal siphons, wasteways, checks, overchutes,

an equalizing reservoir, culverts, drains, pumps, turnouts, recording houses/structures, the

operation roads immediately adjacent to the canal prism on either side along its entire length,

and miscellaneous structures (e.g., irrigation pipe crossings, minor siphons, and drainage

inlets). Noncontributing features consist of bridges (farm, county, state, and railroad bridges),

power and utility crossings, cattle guards, historic wood trapezoidal canal and Central Valley

Project signs, fencing, and levees. The NRHP eligible boundary at this location of the FriantKern Canal is limited to the area immediately adjacent to the lined canal (between the tops of

its banks) and the Kern River Spillway structures and rock revetment area at the end of the

canal, due to its NRHP eligibility under Criterion A for its historic significance.

• Father Garces Statue, Garces Memorial Circle, Bakersfield; MR #133 (NRHP/CRHR).

The statue of Francisco Garces was sculpted by Depression-era artist John Palo-Kangas in

1939 as a Works Progress Administration Federal Arts Project. The statue possesses

distinctive characteristics of a period of construction and is also the work of a master artist;

therefore, it is eligible under NRHP Criterion C and CRHR Criterion 3. The figure was placed

in the center of Garces Circle, a roadway feature and public park built by the Division of

Highways in 1935 as a response to neighborhood growth and subsequent traffic congestion.

The stylized Moderne figure of Garces stands over 16 feet tall, while the statue’s inscribed

and illustrated base extends its height to over 22 feet tall. The figure of the standing, robed

missionary-explorer was constructed from a single 24-ton block of limestone, while the

statue’s base includes inscriptions, artwork, and a sandstone State Registered Historic

Landmark #277 dedication plaque. In 1955, with traffic congestion still a problem, a bridge

was constructed over the circle and the statue was moved to its current location 55 feet from

the center. United States Route 99 was moved in 1964 to a new freeway facility, and the

highway is now known as SR 204. The NRHP eligible boundary is the footprint of the statue

based on the fact the statue was moved and is eligible under NRHP Criterion C.
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• San Joaquin Compress and Warehouse Company, APNs: 11602108, 11602109,

11606008, and 11607014, 4130 State Road, Bakersfield; MR #025 (NRHP/CRHR). The

36-acre industrial property at 4130 State Road is located north of Bakersfield on a frontage

road that parallels SR 99. The property consists of four legal parcels, three of which are

located east of the railroad tracks, with one located west of the tracks. The period of

significance for this property is from 1925, when the first buildings were constructed, through

1955, the end of its pioneering period and the end of its control of the Bakersfield and Kern

County cotton compress business. The property includes 22 buildings and structures (not all

of which are historic or contribute to the significance of the property), including 10 large

warehouses, 10 storage or utility buildings, a water tower, and an office building. The

contributing elements of the complex are: warehouses 1-7; storage/utility buildings 1-3 and 5;

the office, and the water tower. (Storage/Utility Building 4 may also be a contributing element

if further documentation can establish its date of construction, but it appears likely it was built

between 1956 and 1975 and is therefore not considered a contributing element.) The

contributing elements on this property are locally significant for their association with

important historic events within the context of early development of the cotton industry in

Kern County, under NRHP Criterion A and CRHR Criterion 1. The NRHP eligible boundary is

the four legal parcels (36-acres) encompassing the entirety of the San Joaquin Compress

and Warehouse Company, supported under Criterion A for importation historic events

context.

• Republic Supply Company (Golden Empire Gleaners), APN: 00224002, 1326 30th

Street, Bakersfield; MR #042 (NRHP/CRHR). The Republic Supply Company, also known

as Golden Empire Gleaners, is a 2.49-acre property that contains three buildings: a main

warehouse, a former central kitchen, and an equipment canopy. The main warehouse on this

property embodies distinctive characteristics of a type and period of construction (Art Deco

and Streamline Moderne style) and therefore meets NRHP Criterion C and CRHR Criterion 3.

The period of significance extends from 1937 when the building was first constructed, to

1946, when it was expanded under the direction of the same architect and company

ownership. The later ancillary buildings are not eligible under NRHP Criterion C or CRHR

Criterion 3, as they do not follow the distinctive style of the original building. Subtle nods are

found in the curved, cantilevered extension on the west side of the central kitchen, but it does

not exhibit any other hallmarks of the style and there is no cohesive design linking the

otherwise utilitarian additions. Due to its eligibility under Criterion C, the NRHP eligible

boundary is the footprint of the building (as expanded through 1946) and the entrance plaza.

The later additions to the parcel, such as the central kitchen, equipment shelter canopy, and

small additions to the main building, do not contribute to the property.

• Division of Forestry Service Office, APN: 00212007, 2731 and 2738 O Street;

1120 Golden State Avenue, Bakersfield; MR #055 (NRHP/CRHR). This 4.6-acre parcel at

2731 O Street/2738 O Street/1120 Golden State Avenue contains eight Kern County

administrative buildings: a single-story office, a warehouse, four garage buildings, a carport,

and a veteran’s center. Works Progress Administration crews built the adobe brick office

building fronting O Street in 1942. The adobe building on this property is individually eligible

for listing in the NRHP under Criteria A and C, and in the CRHR under Criteria 1 and 3, as a

locally significant example of a Works Progress Administration project that used adobe

construction. The period of significance is 1942 (the year of its construction) to 1948, when

the building was turned over to the County of Kern. The character-defining features of the

office building are its one-story massing, cross-gable roof with red clay tile, and smooth

stucco exterior wall finish, as well as its recessed casement windows and lug sills. The few

later alterations are noncontributing, such as the rear additions. Due to its eligibility under

Criterion A for its Spanish Style characteristics, the NRHP eligible boundary is limited to the

footprint of the original office building; subsequent alterations, changes, and additional

buildings are not eligible. None of the other buildings on the parcel are eligible for listing in

the NRHP or CRHR.
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• Kern County Land Company Warehouse, APN: 01435009, 210 Sumner Street,

Bakersfield; MR #075 (NRHP/CRHR). The building at 210 Sumner Street is a single-story,

long rectangular plan, side-gable, brick-masonry warehouse fronting the present UPRR

tracks located north of the building. The warehouse building was previously evaluated in

1999 and is eligible for listing in the NRHP and CRHR under NRHP Criterion A and CRHR

Criterion 1 at the local level for its close association with the agricultural development of Kern

County and the subsequent growth of what today is known as East Bakersfield, as well as for

its association with the influential Kern County Land Company. The building also meets

NRHP Criterion C and CRHR Criterion 3 as a good example of 1880s commercial/industrial

brick construction. The boundaries of the historic property are defined by the building footprint

because the modern paved parking area surrounding the building does not contain characterdefining features.

• Noriega’s, APN: 00645002, 525 Sumner Street, Bakersfield; MR #097 (NRHP/CRHR).

This property is located at the corner of Sumner and Kern Streets in the heart of the formerly

vibrant commercial center of East Bakersfield. The parcel contains a cluster of five buildings

on a single legal parcel, three of which front Sumner Street and include the Noriega Hotel,

Noriega’s Restaurant, and a handball court. These buildings collectively compose Noriega’s,

a Basque-owned complex that has served East Bakersfield’s Basque immigrant community

since the boarding house was first built by Faustino Mier Noriega in 1893. The period of

significance begins with construction of the oldest building in 1893 and continues through the

present, because it is associated with a living community and continues to serve its role as a

traditional cultural property for the Basque community. Another cluster of buildings also

developed by the Noriega family, front Kern Street and have housed mostly commercial

businesses since they were first constructed.

Under NRHP Criterion A and CRHR Criterion 1, the property is significant at the local level for

its association with the early development of a community of Basque immigrants in East

Bakersfield, and for its continuous and ongoing function as a place where Basque immigrants

and their descendants gather to maintain their cultural identity. Under NRHP Criterion B and

CRHR Criterion 2, the property is also significant at the local level as for its associations with

Faustino Mier Noriega, Frank Noriega, and Grace Elizalde, each of whom made significant

individual contributions to maintaining Basque cultural practices in East Bakersfield that took

place at this property. This property is also significant at the local level under NRHP Criterion

C and CRHR Criterion 3 because it is an intact complex of buildings that specifically reflect

Basque immigrant culture, in particular the boarding house, restaurant, and handball court.

Because the complex is intact and continues its historic function with specific direct

association with the Basque community, the property retains integrity to the period of

significance (1893-present) under Criteria A, and C; and 1893-1974 under Criterion B. That

specificity primarily lies with the handball court, which was central to making Noriega’s a

gathering place. It is apparent from the presence of the bleachers and the screened rooftop

adjacent to the court that the sport drew quite a few spectators. The handball court, combined

with the restaurant that served traditional family-style meals, and the boarding house that

catered specifically to Basque immigrants is an exemplary example of built environment

designed to serve Basque immigrants.

Noriega’s remains a nexus of activity for the Bakersfield Basque community. It is the oldest

Basque boarding house in the United States that is still operating and serving meals at one

sitting, and is one of only five Basque boarding houses remaining in California. Noriega’s has

played, and continues to play, a crucial role in maintaining Basque cultural identity, especially

in Bakersfield, through the retention of social practices and common societal referents rooted

in the community’s history. For this reason, Noriega’s was determined eligible for inclusion in

the NRHP both as a historic property and as a TCP.

Noriega’s is eligible for inclusion in the NRHP as a TCP under Criterion A at the local, state,

and national levels of significance because of its association with the early development of

the Basque community in Bakersfield and its continuing role as a place where Basque
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immigrants and their descendants gather to maintain their cultural identity. Noriega’s has a 

period of significance of 1893 to the present under Criterion A as a TCP.

Noriega’s is also eligible for inclusion in the NRHP as a TCP under Criterion C because it is 

an intact complex of buildings that specifically reflect Basque immigrant culture. The 

restaurant, bar, boarding house, and ball court are a unique array of structures common only 

to Basque immigrant communities. As the best-surviving complex at this time on the East 

Bakersfield “Basque block,” Noriega’s maintains its importance to the Bakersfield Basque 

community today. Due to its eligibility under Criterion A and as a TCP, the NRHP eligible

boundary is its legal parcel. 

• Amestoy Hotel (Narducci's Café, formerly the Cesmat Hotel), APN: 01606012, 622 E

21st Street, Bakersfield; MR #107 (NRHP/CRHR). This 0.42-acre parcel contains a twostory building with an irregular footprint located on E 21st Street in the formerly vibrant

commercial center of East Bakersfield. The building was constructed in 1899 and was heavily

altered after sustaining extensive damage from a series of earthquakes in 1952. At the time

of the earthquakes, the building featured ornate Neoclassical design elements that, at the

time of repair, were reconstructed according to the modern aesthetic of the 1950s. This

resulted in a building façade that now references the International style of architecture.

Today, the building has a flat roof with a recessed parapet and a central hip-roof skylight

structure. Under NRHP Criterion A and CRHR Criterion 1, the property is significant at the

local level for its association with the community of Basque immigrants and their descendants

who congregated at boarding houses, restaurants, and ball courts in East Bakersfield. The

Amestoy Hotel is about half a city block southwest of another historic Basque property, the

Noriega’s complex TCP (MR #097), however the hotel faces onto E. 21st Street, while

Noriega’s faces Sumner and Kern streets. During the decades between 1927 and 1964, the

Amestoy Hotel served as one of a few places that provided not just shelter, but familiar food

and recreational activity (handball), along with community that helped launch many of the

young men into the sheepherding business. Young single Basque women were also part of

the Basque immigrant community and the boardinghouses provided them with jobs in the

kitchen and as maids. The hotel served as a cultural meeting center for Basque immigrants

from the late 1920s, through the time of the 1952 earthquakes that damaged the building,

until 1964 when it was sold and no longer owned or operated by the Amestoys, a locally

important Basque family. The property was also determined eligible under Criterion B and

CRHR Criterion 2 for its direct association with a specific member of that family, Anselma

Amestoy, who made a dedicated contribution to fostering Basque culture through providing a

gathering place, boarding, and family-style food and drink. Because the local Basque

community no longer uses it for traditional cultural purposes, this property is not eligible as a

TCP. Due to its eligibility under Criterion A, the NRHP eligible boundary is its legal parcel.

• Southern Pacific Depot, APN: 01437001, 730 Sumner Street, Bakersfield; MR #116

(NRHP/CRHR). The Southern Pacific Depot station is the principal building on the parcel. It

consists of two main components—a passenger depot and railroad offices—linked together

with an addition and a long, covered platform, or arcade. Both the depot and offices are of

two-story brick construction, with complex forms and rooflines that are characteristic of the

Richardsonian Romanesque and Gothic Revival architectural styles. Both originally had slate

roofs and exposed brick walls but have since been clad in composition shingle and stucco.

The passenger depot has a low-pitch, hipped roof topped by a prominent cross-gable. The

former railroad depot at 730 Sumner Street in Bakersfield was subject to a 1999 evaluation

that concluded the depot was eligible for listing in both the NRHP and CRHR. That study

concluded the depot significant under NRHP Criteria A and C, and under CRHR Criteria 1

and 3. The present study updated the evaluation, and affirmed the depot’s significance at the

state level under NRHP Criterion A and CRHR Criterion 1 for its association with Southern

Pacific Railroad and the development of Kern City, Bakersfield, and San Joaquin Valley as a

whole. However, the current study did not find it significant under NRHP Criterion C or CRHR

Criterion 3 as an example of Richardsonian Romanesque style of architecture, because the

architecture of the building became too muddled following the major 1941 renovation for it to
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be a good example of its type or to possess high artist value. The present study identified the 

beginning of period of significance as the depot’s original construction in 1889, and its end as 

1953, when the railroad converted to diesel power and laid off masses of employees for the 

first time. The boundary of the historic property is the footprint of the building, excluding the 

two noncharacter-defining additions on the south side, because none of the other elements 

within the legal parcel are contributing or character-defining features. 

• Fire Station Number Two, APNs: 01607012; 01607013; 01607014, 716 E 21st Street,

Bakersfield; MR #120 (NRHP/CRHR). This 0.59-acre property consists of three small legal

parcels owned by the City of Bakersfield and occupied by a fire station. The property contains

two buildings: a Spanish Eclectic-style firehouse and a pre-engineered, metal-frame garage

building. The single-story firehouse has two main elements to its building layout. While one

half is raised with a continuous parapet, both are topped with a flat, Spanish clay barrel tile

roof and contain an exterior chimney rising where the two elements meet. The walls are clad

with coarse stucco. Under NRHP Criterion A and CRHR Criterion 1, the property was

determined eligible at the local level of significance for its association with the culmination of

the City of Bakersfield’s four-decade-long attempt to lower fire insurance rates through the

improvement of the city’s fire defense system (and thus the improvement of the Bakersfield

Fire Department), as well as its association with the context of public works executed by the

Works Progress Administration. The completion of the fire station was heralded as a

milestone in local firefighting and civic history. Additionally, as one of the ten identified Works

Progress Administration projects within Bakersfield, Fire Station No. 2 played an important

role in local federal work relief efforts. This property is also significant under NRHP Criterion

C and CRHR Criterion 3 as a local example of a Spanish Eclectic-style fire station and as a

good example of Works Progress Administration civic design. The building is also eligible

under NRHP Criterion C and CRHR Criterion 3 for its method of construction, which included

extensive use of salvaged building materials that reduced the cost of the building by more

than more than 70 percent. The period of significance is 1940, when it was constructed. The

boundary of the historic property is the footprint of the fire station on APN 01607012. The

boundary does not include the other two legal parcels (APNs: 016-070-13 and 016-070-14) or

the non-contributing metal garage building. The garage and the other areas are not included

in the boundary because they no longer contain any contributing elements and are covered in

modern paving.

• Folk Victorian Residence, APN: 14113025, 2509 E California Avenue, Bakersfield;

MR #00D (NRHP/CRHR). This property consists of a one-story, wood-frame Folk Victorian

residence constructed in approximately 1898. The historic property was determined eligible

for the NRHP and listed in the CRHR in April 2013. The building was determined eligible at

the local level of significance under Criterion C as an important example of Folk Victorian

architecture. The period of significance is 1898, its original date of construction. The

building’s character-defining features consist of its Folk Victorian architectural elements: a hip

roof with rear gable, a gable dormer with pediment, wood-sash windows with wide wood

surround, heavy cornice and molding in the pediment, a cutaway bay window, a partial-width

porch, and a spindle-work frieze. The building retains a high degree of integrity of design,

materials, workmanship, feeling, and association to the period its original construction

because very few alterations or replacements have been made. The boundary of this

residential historic property is its legal parcel.

• State Route 204/Golden State Avenue, Bakersfield: MR #030 (NRHP/CRHR). This linear

resource consists of portions of Golden State Avenue and Union Avenue that make up the

original SR 204. SR 204, from Airport Road to Brundage Lane, was previously determined

eligible in 2010 for listing in the NRHP and the CRHR under Criterion A for its association

with early to mid-20th century highway construction and associated commercial development,

with a period of significance of 1933 to 1963. It is also considered an historical resource for

the purposes of CEQA. The SR 204 historic property boundary consists of two discontinuous

segments of SR 204/Golden State Avenue/Union Avenue in Bakersfield, Airport Drive at

modern SR 99 to Stine Canal, and Kern Island Canal to Brundage Lane. The two segments
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are separated by a noncontributing segment of roadway between Stine Canal and Kern 

Island Canal. The eligible segments of the SR 204 historic property located within the F-B 

LGA Built Resource APE are: the portion from the south end of the Stine Canal Bridge 

northward to Airport Drive, and the portion from Kern Island Canal southward to 22nd Street. 

Contributing elements within the northern segment include the Stine Canal Bridge (50-0208), 

the Kern River Bridge (50-0033), the Calloway Canal Bridge (50-0509), and three cattle 

crossings/culverts. Character-defining features of the Stine Canal Bridge (a contributor that 

the project proposes to alter) are its alignment, its metal guardrails, and the simple, fluted 

design of the substructure columns.

• Union Ice Company, APN: 00227102; 00227106, 3301 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield;

MR #032 (Historical Resource Under CEQA). This 1.12-acre parcel on Chester Avenue

north of the UPRR crossing contains three buildings that survive, in whole or part, from the

Union Ice Company factory that originally occupied this site. This property is not eligible for

listing in the NRHP , but it is a California Point of Historic Interest (designated 1982) and

listed in the Historic Property Data File, and is therefore listed in the CRHR and considered

an historical resource for the purposes of CEQA. The boundary of the resource is the

footprint of the buildings. The noncontributing elements include the paved areas and

construction materials and alterations.

A total of 458 built resources surveyed were determined not eligible for listing in the NRHP or 

CRHR. These resources reflect the major historical events and trends previously described but 

were deemed ineligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR because they either lack historical or 

architectural significance within those contexts or have lost historic integrity. None were found to 

be significant within the contexts of development patterns, for associations with important 

persons, or as an important example of a type, period, or method of construction, or work of a 

master designer. Approximately half of the resources that are not eligible for listing were 

documented on DPR 523 forms and are presented in Appendix E of the F-B LGA HASR

(Authority and FRA 2016b) and Appendix E of the F-B HASR Addendum 1 (Authority and FRA 

2016f). The remaining half not eligible for listing was subject to streamlined documentation and 

required no further study per the PA. 

Traditional Cultural Properties Within the Built Resource Area of Potential Effect

As mentioned above, the built resources surveys included consideration of the presence of 

potential TCPs within the F-B LGA Built Resource APE. Through historic research and field 

surveys, historians conducting research for the built resources within the F-B LGA Built Resource 

APE identified three Basque properties that required ethnographic research to determine whether 

they are eligible for listing on the NRHP as TCPs. Noriega’s, Narducci’s Café, and the Pyrenees 

Café are all rooted in the Bakersfield Basque community’s history and are located in the “Basque 

block” of Bakersfield. They were evaluated by an ethnographer and discussed in a TCP-specific 

study: the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Basque Traditional Cultural Properties Study (Authority

and FRA 2016d). The buildings were also evaluated in the F-B LGA HASR (Authority and FRA 

2016b). 

A literature review was conducted before the field visit to inform the nature and structure of the 

interview questions, as well as to provide a context for understanding and interpreting the 

statements made by the interviewees. Field visits were made in August, September, and October 

2015 and included interviews with prominent members of the Bakersfield Basque community. 

Through archival research, literature reviews, and interviews with prominent members of the 

Bakersfield Basque community, FRA has determined, and SHPO concurred, that one of the 

properties, Noriega’s, is eligible for listing on the NRHP as a TCP. All three of the properties are 

or were owned, operated, or patronized by members of the Basque community; however, the 

Pyrenees Café and Narducci’s Café no longer retain a strong role or are considered culturally 

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3.17.4 Environmental Consequences

3.17.4.1 Overview

This section describes the impact analysis relating to historic properties for the F-B LGA. Section 

3.17.5 of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS (Authority and FRA 2014a: pages 3.17-

101 through 3.17-127) describes the impact analysis relating to historical resources and historic 

properties for the previously evaluated alternatives, stations, and heavy maintenance facility sites. 

Construction of the F-B LGA would occur in both urbanized and rural/undeveloped areas. As with 

other alternatives evaluated in the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS, the F-B LGA

would have the greatest potential to affect built and historic-era archaeological resources in the 

urbanized areas and the greatest potential to affect undisturbed prehistoric archaeological sites in 

rural/undeveloped areas. The F-B LGA has the potential to affect 14 built resources that are listed 

or eligible for listing on the NRHP and the CRHR. One CEQA-only historical resource was 

identified within the F-B LGA Built Resource APE. 

Activities that cause impacts on cultural resources are typically associated with construction of a 

project: disturbance of the ground, material or physical alteration of the built environment, or 

alteration of the visual setting. Measures to mitigate (i.e., rectify, reduce, eliminate, or 

compensate for) significant impacts to cultural resources accompany each impact discussion and

are presented in Section 3.17.6 of this Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS. Implementation of the actions 

stipulated in these mitigation measures will avoid or mitigate adverse effects to Section 106 

historic properties identified in the F-B LGA Built Resource APE. 

3.17.4.2 Summary of Analysis for May 2014 Project

The Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS analyzed potential effects to cultural resources 

with implementation of the May 2014 Project (please see Chapter 2 of this Draft Supplemental 

EIR/EIS). This section provides a summary of those effects of the May 2014 Project using 

information from the Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS. 

The May 2014 Project is used in comparison to the F-B LGA for this Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS. 

The May 2014 Project would have an indirect adverse visual effect on one Section 106 historic 

property and would have substantial adverse changes to five CEQA historical resources. The 

substantial adverse changes would include physical alteration or demolition, as well as indirect 

visual changes to the immediate surroundings of the resources, and therefore would be 

significant impacts under CEQA. Furthermore, the May 2014 Project may affect unrecorded or 

subsurface elements of archaeological site CA-KER-2507. SHPO concluded that additional 

identification efforts (subsurface testing) are necessary when legal access to the parcel is 

obtained in order to determine its NRHP eligibility, and if the May 2014 Project will affect it or if it 

can be avoided.

Mitigation for these adverse effects includes complying with the framework outlined in the MOA 

and implementing the resource treatment plans for archaeological and built environment 

resources that were developed for the Fresno to Bakersfield Section in coordination with the 

SHPO. Even with mitigation, there may be physical impacts, such as destruction of a portion of

an archaeological site that may be eligible for the NRHP and may be a CEQA historical resource. 

Destruction of an archaeological site that qualifies as a CEQA historical resource or unique 

archaeological resource would be a significant impact under CEQA because the site would no 

longer be able to convey its historical significance. 

3.17.4.3 Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative

Construction Period Impacts

The Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS (Authority and FRA 2014a: pages 3.17-102

through 3.17-127) provides information on construction impacts for the previously studied 

alignment alternatives, stations, and heavy maintenance facility sites. Similar to the previously 

studied alternatives, the F-B LGA would result in construction impacts to historical resources and 

properties that, with mitigation, would be reduced to a less than significant level under CEQA. 
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Activities that cause impacts on cultural resources that are typically associated with construction 

of a project include: disturbance of the ground, material or physical alteration of the built 

environment, or alteration of the visual setting. Impacts on archaeological resources are 

addressed as construction-period impacts only because the project operations will not involve 

these types of actions or cause any further (or post-construction) visual discord or vibration that 

would result in additional adverse effects (Section 106) or substantial adverse changes (CEQA) 

to these resources. 

Archaeological Resources

Similar to the May 2014 alignment and other previously studied alternatives, archaeological sites 

could be subject to adverse effects during construction activities for the F-B LGA. Soil excavation 

or compaction resulting from the use of heavy machinery on the construction site, or in staging 

areas, may affect the integrity of artifact-bearing deposits associated with yet-undiscovered 

archaeological sites. 

No archaeological resources were identified within the F-B LGA Archaeological APE. Unknown or 

unrecorded archaeological resources, including subsurface buried archaeological deposits, may 

exist within the Archaeological APE. Disturbance and removal of archaeological resources could 

result in an adverse effect to archaeological resources. 

Although the F-B LGA will not affect any known archaeological resources that are considered 

historic properties or resources, it could potentially affect unknown archaeological resources. The 

majority of the F-B LGA footprint has not been subject to inventory for archaeological resources 

because of lack of access to the properties. CUL-AM#2 would ensure that the PA and MOA are 

followed, and that a phased identification efforts are conducted as right of entry is obtained. This 

would reduce the potential to impact archaeological resources. Within the Archaeological APE, 

there is still the potential to identify archaeological resources prior to or during construction. With 

implementation of CUL-AM#2, such archaeological resources would be evaluated to determine 

whether they are historic properties under Section 106 or historical resources under CEQA. The 

F-B LGA could potentially affect these unknown archaeological resources by disturbing an 

unknown archaeological site, which would be an adverse effect under Section 106 for historic 

properties, and a significant impact under CEQA for CEQA historical resources or unique 

archaeological resources. Avoidance measure CUL-AM#1, presented in the MMEP, and 

described further in Section 3.17.5, was approved for the Fresno to Bakersfield Section and is 

applicable to the F-B LGA. CUL-AM #1 would ensure that construction personnel are properly 

trained to identify archaeological resources that may be encountered and are aware of the 

mandatory procedures to follow should potential cultural resources be exposed during 

construction, which would reduce the impacts to such resources. CUL-AM#1 also ensures that a 

monitoring plan would be prepared and implemented in areas of high archaeological sensitivity. 

Implementation of CUL-AM#1 and CUL-AM#2 would reduce impacts to archaeological resources. 

Even with the implementation of CUL-AM #1 and CUL-AM#2, an archaeological resource may 

still be disturbed from construction activities, which would potentially be considered an adverse 

effect under Section 106 or substantial adverse change in the significance of an archaeological 

resource comprising a significant impact under CEQA.

Built Resources

Construction activities that may cause impacts to built resources can include excavation, staging, 

heavy-equipment usage and movement, drilling, demolition, or the need for relocation, as well as 

increases in vibration and noise levels or introduction of new visual elements. 

One common potential adverse effect or change is from construction vibration. Therefore, general 

avoidance measures were developed to ensure that a pre-construction conditions assessment 

would be conducted before construction (CUL-AM#1), and that the guidelines for minimizing 

vibration impacts at sensitive receptors would be followed during construction (NV-AM#1) as 
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described in Section 3.4.5 of this Supplemental Draft EIR/EIS. Implementation of these avoidance 

measures would result in no adverse effects to historic properties (Section 106) or substantial 

adverse changes to historical resources (CEQA) from vibration caused by construction activities 

of the Fresno to Bakersfield Section, which would be considered a less than significant impact 

under CEQA. Thus, no mitigation specific to construction vibration is necessary.

The F-B LGA is proposed directly over or adjacent to seven of the 15 built resources (MR #s 00A, 

00B, 00C, 133, 042, 075, and 097) within the F-B LGA Built Resource APE. CUL-AM#1 would 

ensure that these resources receive appropriate protection and stabilization to protect them from 

inadvertent damage that could potentially occur from project-related construction activities. The 

CUL-AM#1 commitment to stabilize and protect historic buildings and structures susceptible to 

damage during construction reduces potential impacts on cultural resources. Temporary 

stabilization and protection measures would be removed after construction is completed. 

Properties would be restored to their pre-construction condition. Furthermore, CUL-AM#1 calls for 

a Pre-Construction Conditions Assessment, Plan for Protection of Historic Built Resources and 

Repair of Inadvertent Damage, which would reduce potential impacts on historic cultural 

resources by identifying techniques to minimize inadvertent damage. If damage occurs, the plan 

calls for establishing standards of repair consistent with USSOI’s Standards for the Treatment of 

Historic Properties. CUL-AM#1 also calls for training construction crews on measures to avoid or 

protect built historic resources, ensuring the construction crew is well informed and well versed in 

operational procedures that must be followed during construction activities.

CUL-AM#2 (included in the MMEP and discussed in further detail in Section 3.17.5) will ensure 

that stipulations in the PA regarding the implementation of treatment measures will be followed 

and documented during project construction; and that the MOA and treatment plans will be 

amended, if the F-B LGA is selected as the Preferred Alternative, to address specific treatment to 

historic properties or historical resources in the F-B LGA Project section. If any additional historic 

built resources are identified in the APE during the course of the surveys on as-yet inaccessible 

land and it is determined that they may be adversely affected by construction activities of the F-B 

LGA, CUL-AM#2 stipulates that the Section 106 PA for the HSR program will be followed and the 

MOA will be amended to incorporate treatment to those properties. The MOA requires 

archaeological and built environment treatment plans to be prepared and include requirements 

that specify how commitments to the protection of cultural resources will be implemented for each 

HSR construction segment.

Implementation of CUL-AM#1 would result in no adverse effects to historic properties (Section 

106) or substantial adverse changes in the significance of a historical resource comprising a 

significant impact (CEQA) because inadvertent damage would be avoided by protection and 

stabilization measures, alternative construction methods would be used to minimize vibration that 

could potentially cause damage, construction crews will be trained on how to avoid damage to 

built resources, and in the event that damage does occur, the built resources will be treated to 

USSOI’s Standards for Rehabilitation. Implementation of CUL-AM#2 would result in no adverse 

effects to historic properties (Section 106) or substantial adverse changes in the significance of 

an historical resource comprising a significant impact (CEQA) because the Section 106 PA for the 

HSR program will be followed and the MOA will be amended to incorporate treatment to any built 

resources that may be identified in the F-B LGA Built Resource APE. The purpose is to reduce 

impacts on cultural resources by identifying agreed upon treatment of resources that would be 

significantly impacted by the project. The BETP will be amended and include requirements that 

specify how commitments to the protection of cultural resources will be implemented.

Temporary construction noise is not considered an adverse effect to historic properties (Section 

106) because it does not cause physical damage and does not permanently alter or diminish the 

integrity of such resources. Temporary noise would not result in a substantial adverse change in 

the significance of a historical resource and therefore would not cause a significant impact under 

CEQA. 
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Construction of the F-B LGA would indirectly affect four built resources (MR #s 00A, 00B, 042, 

and 075) (all of which are both Section 106 properties and CEQA historical resources) identified 

within the Built Resource APE of the F-B LGA from the introduction of visual elements that would 

alter the historic setting of these historic properties. The visual indirect effects to these four 

historic properties are further described in the following discussion. See Section 3.17.7 for the 

CEQA pre-mitigation and post-mitigation impacts analysis for all 15 CEQA historical resources. 

The following is a summary of effects that construction of the F-B LGA may have on the 15 built

resources. 

• MR #00A, the Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot, would be indirectly affected by

construction of the F-B LGA from the introduction of visual features that would diminish the

integrity of the historic property (Section 106) and would cause a substantial adverse change

to the immediate surroundings of the historical resource. This is considered a significant

impact under CEQA. The project proposes to raise the BNSF track, which will compromise

the historic layout and relationship this railroad depot has to the existing at-grade track. One

of the character-defining features of this depot is its façade, which is oriented toward the

track; by raising the track on fill, the resource will no longer be able to convey the significance

it has in association with the railroad. Under Section 106, this property would not be affected

by vibration damage from the use of impact pile drivers because alternative construction

methods that result in lower vibration levels would be used. Furthermore, it would not be

affected by construction activities, debris, or heavy equipment because inadvertent damage

would be avoided through protection and stabilization measures. A plan of repair consistent

with the USSOI’s Standards for Rehabilitation of Historic Properties would be prepared and

followed to minimize and mitigate adverse effects in the event that unanticipated damage

does occur. Thus, through avoidance and minimization measures, there would be no

inadvertent damage from vibration or construction activities that would be considered a

significant impact under CEQA. The construction and operation of the proposed project will

not result in a direct adverse effect to the Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot because

they would not result in relocation or alteration of this property. The construction of the

proposed project would not cause indirect adverse noise effects on the Santa Fe Passenger

and Freight Depot. Associated noise from the proposed project would result; however, the

Santa Fe Passenger and Freight Depot was designed and used to serve a rail system that

often emitted high levels of noise. It does not derive its NRHP significance from being located

in a quiet setting. Furthermore, noise levels generated from the BNSF rail operations would

continue but would generally be lower due to shielding of the retained fill and elimination of

the train horns.

• MR #00B, the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway Shafter Section House,

434 Central Valley Highway, would be indirectly affected by construction of the F-B LGA from

the introduction of visual features that would diminish the integrity of the historic property

(Section 106) and would cause adverse change to the immediate surroundings of the

historical resource. This is considered a significant impact under CEQA. The project

proposes to raise the BNSF track, which will compromise the historic layout and relationship

this resource has to the existing at-grade track. One of the character-defining features of this

resource is its façade, which is oriented toward the track; by raising the track on fill, the

resource will no longer be able to convey the significance it has in association with the

railroad. Under Section 106, this property would not be affected by vibration damage from the

use of impact pile drivers because alternative construction methods would be used.

Furthermore, it would not be adversely affected by construction activities, debris, or heavy

equipment because inadvertent damage would be avoided through protection and

stabilization measures. A plan of repair consistent with the USSOI’s Standards for

Rehabilitation of Historic Properties would be prepared and followed to minimize and mitigate

adverse effects in the event that unanticipated damage does occur. Thus, through avoidance

and minimization measures, there would be no inadvertent damage from vibration or

construction activities that would be considered a significant impact under CEQA. The
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construction and operation of the proposed project will not result in a direct adverse effect to 

the San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley Railway Section House. Construction activities for 

certain project components would not result in relocation or alteration of this property. The 

anticipated noise from operation of the HSR would not cause indirect adverse effects to this 

residential property. Noise levels generated from the BNSF rail operations would continue but 

would generally be lower due to shielding of the retained fill and elimination of the train horns. 

• MR #00C, the Friant-Kern Canal, would not be adversely affected by construction of the F-B

LGA. The construction and operation of the proposed project would not cause a direct

adverse effect on the Friant-Kern Canal because it would not result in the removal or

alteration of the property. The boundary of this historic property is limited to the area

immediately adjacent to the lined canal (between the tops of its banks) and the Kern River

spillway structures and rock revetment area at the end of the canal. The bridge proposed to

carry the HSR over the Friant-Kern Canal would be constructed outside of the surficial

boundary and would span the historic property. Constructing a bridge over the canal structure

would not diminish the integrity of the canal or materially alter the canal structure. Under

Section 106, this property would not be adversely affected by construction activities, debris,

or heavy equipment because inadvertent damage would be avoided through protection and

stabilization measures. A plan of repair consistent with the USSOI’s Standards for

Rehabilitation of Historic Properties would be prepared and followed to minimize and mitigate

adverse effects in the event that unanticipated damage does occur. Thus, through avoidance

and minimization measures, there would be no inadvertent damage from construction

activities that would be considered a significant impact under CEQA. Neither the construction

nor the operation of the proposed elevated rail line would cause indirect adverse effects on

this historic property from potential noise, vibration, or visual effects. The proposed bridge

that will carry the HSR over the Friant-Kern Canal will be one of many modern bridges that

currently cross the canal. Although the bridge may slightly alter the setting of the canal at this

location, it will not diminish its historic integrity of design, materials, location, and

workmanship and will not interfere with its ability to convey its significance.

• MR #025, San Joaquin Compress and Warehouse Company, 4130 State Road, would not

be adversely affected by construction of the F-B LGA. The construction and operation of the

proposed project would not cause a direct adverse effect on the San Joaquin Compress and

Warehouse Company because the historic contributors of this property will not be physically

altered or removed from their location. The contributing buildings to this property will not be

adversely affected; however, three non-contributing elements of the complex will be removed

for this project. Removal of the non-contributing buildings (Warehouse 8 and Storage/Utility

buildings 9 and 10) will not affect the character-defining features or integrity of the remaining

contributing elements of this property, The HSR would be visible along the southwest side of

the property; however, this industrial property was originally constructed at a heavy rail

junction and its layout configured on either side of one of the rail lines. The property has also

been adjacent to a major highway since original Golden State Highway (later U.S. 99) was

constructed in the 1930s, during the period of significance of the compress plant. The

addition of the proposed elevated structure would not, therefore, introduce a visual element

that diminishes the integrity of the industrial complex. There would be no anticipated adverse

effects from construction or operational noise as the San Joaquin Compress and Warehouse

Company has always been located in transportation and industrial area does not derive its

NRHP significance from being located in a quiet setting. Under Section 106, this property

would not be affected by vibration damage from the use of impact pile drivers because

alternative construction methods that result in lower vibration levels would be used. Thus,

through avoidance and minimization measures, there would be no inadvertent damage from

vibration that would be considered a significant impact under CEQA.

• MR #133, Father Garces Statue (California Historical Landmark #277), 30th Street at

Chester Avenue, would not be adversely affected by construction of the F-B LGA. Widening

of the Golden State Avenue (SR 204) viaduct at Garces Circle (Bridge 50-0505) would occur

within 40 feet of this property. Construction activities associated with the widening of SR 204
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would not result in relocation or alteration of this resource. The proposed project would not 

result in an indirect adverse effect on the Statue of Father Garces from the introduction of 

visual, vibration, or noise elements that would diminish the integrity of the historic property. 

While the elevated rail line and improvements to the SR 204 viaduct will be visible from the 

historic property, the statue has always been located adjacent to major transportation 

structures. The statue was placed in the original traffic circle in the 1930s, and then relocated 

within the circle to accommodate a previous viaduct in the 1950s. It is recognized as a 

historically significant object and its proximity to the proposed project elements will not 

constitute any adverse effect because the project will not diminish any aspect of its integrity, 

nor would the proposed project materially alter the setting or views of or from this historic 

property. Under Section 106, this property would not be adversely affected by construction 

activities, debris, or heavy equipment because inadvertent damage would be avoided through 

protection and stabilization measures. A plan of repair consistent with the USSOI’s Standards 

for Rehabilitation of Historic Properties would be prepared and followed to minimize and 

mitigate adverse effects in the event that unanticipated damage does occur. Thus, through 

avoidance and minimization measures, there would be no inadvertent damage from 

construction activities that would be considered a significant impact under CEQA. 

• MR #042, Republic Supply Company, 1326 30th Street, would be indirectly affected by

construction of the F-B LGA from the introduction of unavoidable visual features that would

diminish the integrity of the historic property (Section 106) and would cause a substantial

adverse change to the immediate surroundings of the historical resource. This is considered

a significant impact under CEQA. Columns are proposed directly on this parcel that will

support a viaduct that will pass directly over the property. Although the viaduct and columns

will not affect access to this property, the modern structure will be a visually dominating,

massive feature that will alter the setting of this property. Under Section 106, this property

would not be affected by vibration damage from the use of impact pile drivers because

alternative construction methods that result in lower vibration levels would be used.

Furthermore, it would not be adversely affected by construction activities, debris, or heavy

equipment because inadvertent damage would be avoided through protection and

stabilization measures. A plan of repair consistent with the USSOI’s Standards for

Rehabilitation of Historic Properties would be prepared and followed to minimize and mitigate

adverse effects in the event that unanticipated damage does occur. Thus, through avoidance

and minimization measures, there would be no inadvertent damage from vibration or

construction activities that would be considered a significant impact under CEQA. The

construction and operation of the proposed project will not result in a direct adverse effect to

the Republic Supply Company. Construction activities for certain project components would

be directly over the historic property; however, they would not result in relocation or

deliberate alteration of this building.

• MR #055, the Division of Forestry Service Office, will not be adversely affected by

construction of the F-B LGA. The construction and operation of the proposed project would

not cause a direct adverse effect on the Division of Forestry Services Office because the

building will not be physically altered or removed from its location. There would be no

anticipated adverse effects through the introduction of noise because this project activity

would not diminish the integrity of this property, which has been located in a transportation

and industrial area since its construction. The proposed elevated rail line would be visible

from this historic building from most vantage points, but the building was originally

constructed within a maintenance yard and shop complex and located between an at-grade

freight railroad and a busy highway. The elevated HSR structure will introduce a new visual

element, but its presence does not diminish the integrity of the historic building, which has

always been located near two major transportation corridors. Under Section 106, this

property would not be affected by vibration damage from the use of impact pile drivers

because alternative construction methods that result in lower vibration levels would be used.

Thus, through avoidance and minimization measures, there would be no inadvertent damage

from vibration that would be considered a significant impact under CEQA.
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• MR #075, Kern County Land Company Warehouse, 210 Sumner Street would be indirectly

affected by construction of the F-B LGA from the introduction of visual features that would

diminish the integrity of the historic property (Section 106) and would cause a substantial

adverse change to the immediate surroundings of the historical resource, which is considered

a significant impact under CEQA. Columns are proposed directly on this parcel that will

support a viaduct that will pass over the property. Although the viaduct and columns will not

affect access to this property, the modern structure will be a visually dominating, massive

feature that will alter the setting of this property and compromise the property’s ability to

convey its association with the agricultural development of Kern County and the subsequent

growth of what today is known as East Bakersfield from 1880 through 1900. The introduction

of a new transportation feature of this size and scale into the building’s setting is an indirect

adverse effect because the building can no longer be viewed without this visual intrusion. The

new structure will cast shadows on the primary elevation of the building, which also

diminishes the integrity of feeling, and constitutes an indirect adverse effect. Under Section

106, this property would not be affected by vibration damage from the use of impact pile

drivers because alternative construction methods that result in lower vibration levels would be

used. Furthermore, it would not be adversely affected by construction activities, debris, or

heavy equipment because inadvertent damage would be avoided through protection and

stabilization measures. A plan of repair consistent with the USSOI’s Standards for

Rehabilitation of Historic Properties would be prepared and followed to minimize and mitigate

adverse effects in the event that unanticipated damage does occur. Thus, through avoidance

and minimization measures, there would be no inadvertent damage from vibration or

construction activities that would be considered a significant impact under CEQA. The

construction and operation of the proposed project will not result in a direct adverse effect to

the Kern County Land Company Warehouse. Construction activities for certain project

components would be immediately adjacent to this property but would not result in relocation

or alteration of this building. There would be no anticipated adverse effects from construction

or operational noise because the Kern County Land Company Warehouse does not derive its

NRHP significance from being located in a quiet setting and the introduction of noise from this

project activity would not diminish its integrity.

• MR #097, Noriega’s, 525–531 Sumner Street (also Kern Street), would not be adversely

affected by construction of the F-B LGA. The construction and operation of the proposed

project will not result in a direct adverse effect to Noriega’s because it would not result in

relocation or alteration of this property. Under Section 106, this property would not be

affected by vibration damage from the use of impact pile drivers because alternative

construction methods that result in lower vibration levels would be used. Furthermore, it

would not be adversely affected by construction activities, debris, or heavy equipment

because inadvertent damage would be avoided through protection and stabilization

measures. A plan of repair consistent with the USSOI’s Standards for Rehabilitation of

Historic Properties would be prepared and followed to minimize and mitigate adverse effects

in the event that unanticipated damage does occur. Thus, through avoidance and

minimization measures, there would be no inadvertent damage from vibration or construction

activities that would be considered a significant impact under CEQA. Although the operation

of the proposed project would cause a moderate level of noise to this historic property, the

Southern Pacific Railroad line is located across Sumner Street from Noriega’s and predates

the historic property. Throughout its history, the setting of Noriega’s has included noise from

the rail corridor and nearby industrial and semi-industrial activities. Consequently, there

would be no anticipated adverse effects from construction or operational noise as Noriega’s

does not derive its NRHP significance from being located in a quiet setting. The proposed

project would not cause an indirect adverse effect on this historic property from the visual

introduction of an elevated rail line in front of the buildings. The rail would be on viaduct within

Sumner Street in front (north) of Noriega’s, and would be visible from the windows and main

entrance on the northern façade; however, Noriega’s gains its central historic importance

under NRHP Criterion A / CRHR Criterion 1 and as a traditional cultural property from interior

spaces that serve as a social, recreational, and traditional cultural gathering space. Similarly,
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under NRHP Criterion B / CRHR Criterion 2, Noriega’s significance lies in how Grace Elizalde 

ran the property as a restaurant, boarding house, and social gathering place. Nothing about 

the introduction of new visual element into the setting – which is not a character-defining 

feature of this property – prevents it from conveying its significance as a social gathering 

space for Bakersfield’s Basque community that Grace Elizalde successfully operated. 

Noriega’s is also significant under NRHP Criterion C / CRHR Criterion 3 as a property type 

that includes the boarding house, restaurant, and ball court. It is not significant under those 

criteria for aesthetic values of its architectural design, but rather as a unique type of property 

built and used by members of the local Basque community. Introduction of this new visual 

element does not prevent the complex from conveying this significance to an observer. No 

part of the proposed project impedes an observer’s gaze from viewing the complex, or 

understanding it as a unified whole. The solid two-story front wall of the ball court would block 

views of the elevated rail line from within the court. The introduction of a new, elevated rail in 

front of Noriega’s would not adversely alter the viewshed or setting of this property, which is 

not character-defining, in a manner that would diminish its integrity or its ability to convey its 

significance, and it would continue to serve as a traditional cultural property 

• MR #107, Amestoy Hotel (Narducci’s Café, formerly Cesmat Hotel), 622 E 21st Street,

would not be adversely affected by construction of the F-B LGA because it is too distant from

the F-B LGA to be affected physically or visually. The property will not be affected by the

introduction of visual features because it is located over 200 feet from the elevated rail line, is

not oriented toward the proposed structure, and is buffered by existing buildings and

vegetation. The construction and operation of the proposed project would not result in direct

adverse effects on the Amestoy Hotel because they would not result in the physical

demolition, destruction, relocation, or alteration of this resource. There would be no

anticipated adverse effects from construction or operational noise, as the Amestoy Hotel

does not derive its NRHP significance from being located in a quiet setting. The F-B LGA

would not diminish the integrity of the historic property (Section 106) and would not cause a

substantial adverse change to the immediate surroundings of the historical resource, thus

resulting in a less than significant impact under CEQA.

• MR #116, Bakersfield Southern Pacific Depot, Sumner Street, would not be adversely

affected by construction of the F-B LGA. The construction and operation of the proposed

project will not result in a direct adverse effect to the former Southern Pacific Depot because

construction activities for certain project components would not result in its relocation or

alteration. Under Section 106, this property would not be affected by vibration damage from

the use of impact pile drivers because alternative construction methods that result in lower

vibration levels would be used. Thus, through avoidance and minimization measures, there

would be no inadvertent damage from vibration that would be considered a significant impact

under CEQA. The proposed elevated rail line would be visible from this historic building’s

western, eastern, and southern façades; however, the front of the property is its northern

façade and views toward the railroad, which contribute to the historical setting and

significance of this building, would not be compromised by proposed construction. The setting

behind the building is not significant and has been compromised over the years with the

introduction of modern elements. There would be no anticipated adverse effects from

construction or operational noise as the Southern Pacific Depot is located in a noisy

transportation and industrial area and does not derive its NRHP significance from being

located in a quiet setting. Therefore, no anticipated adverse effects are anticipated that would

diminish the integrity of this historic property.

• MR #120, Fire Station Number Two, would not be adversely affected by construction of the

F-B LGA because it is too distant from the F-B LGA to be affected physically or visually. The

construction and operation of the proposed project would not result in any direct adverse

effects to Fire Station Number Two because they would not result in the physical demolition,

destruction, relocation, or alteration of this property. (While the elevated HSR structure may

be visible when looking northeast from the Fire Station Number Two, the HSR structure

would be located more than 200 feet north of this property. Views toward and from the
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historic property would be partially obscured by existing one and two-story buildings fronting 

Sumner Street. Because Fire Station Number Two is located more than 200 feet from the 

elevated HSR structure, it is oriented facing away from the proposed HSR structure, and it is 

buffered by existing properties, the introduction of the HSR structure would not materially 

alter the setting or view of this historic property. The construction and operation of this project 

would not cause indirect adverse effects on this historic property from potential vibration 

elements. There would be no anticipated adverse effects from construction or operational 

noise as Fire Station Number Two is located near a noisy transportation and industrial area 

and does not derive its NRHP significance from being located in a quiet setting. The F-B LGA 

would not diminish the integrity of the historic property (Section 106) and would not cause a 

substantial adverse change to the immediate surroundings of the historical resource, thus

resulting in a less than significant impact under CEQA.

• MR #00D, Folk Victorian Residence, 2509 E California Avenue, would not be adversely

affected by construction or operation of the F-B LGA because it is too distant from the F-B

LGA to be affected physically or visually. The construction and operation of the proposed

project would not result in any direct adverse effects for the Folk Victorian residence. All

construction activities would not require the removal of, the physical destruction of, or

damage to this historic property. While the elevated HSR structure may be visible to the north

and northeast of this historic property, the HSR structure would be located more than 350

feet north of this property and the view of the HSR structure from the residence would be

mostly shielded by existing buildings and mature trees that currently front the north side of E.

California Avenue. Because the property is located more than 350 feet from the elevated

HSR structure and it is buffered by existing properties, the introduction of the HSR structure

would not materially alter the setting or view of this historic property. Noise effects from the

proposed project would result; however, this residence is significant for its architectural style

and does not derive its NRHP significance from being located in a quiet setting. No indirect

adverse vibration effects to this property would result from the construction or operation of

this project. The F-B LGA would not diminish the integrity of the historic property (Section

106) and would not cause a substantial adverse change to the immediate surroundings of the

historical resource, thus resulting in a less than significant impact under CEQA.

• MR #030, SR 204/Golden State Avenue, would not be adversely affected by construction of

the F-B LGA. The majority of SR 204 within the APE does not have historic integrity.

However, two segments within the APE do retain their historic integrity and contribute to the

significance of SR 204, including the southern segment from Kern Island Canal to 22nd Street

and the northern segment from the south end of Stine Canal Bridge to the Airport Drive

Interchange. The construction and operation of the proposed project will not result in a direct

adverse effect to the NRHP-eligible segments of SR 204 that are within the APE for the

project. The only contributing element to this historic property that the project proposes to

physically alter is the Stine Canal Bridge, which will be widened. The original railings would

be remounted on the top surface of the new safety barrier, and the new columns supporting

the deck would be compatible with the massing, size, and scale of the existing columns. The

fluting design of the new substructure columns would be similar to, but differentiated from, the

original design. The project would have no direct adverse effects on the historic property as a

result of the physical destruction, damage, or alteration to the contributing element of the

historic property because the proposed alterations meet the USSOI Standards for the

Rehabilitation of Historic Properties. The alterations would result in a less than significant

impact under CEQA per 14 Cal. Code Regs. Section 15126.4(b)(1). The introduction of the

new HSR transportation structures into the setting will not diminish the integrity of setting or

prevent SR 204 from conveying its significance. The Southern Pacific (now Union Pacific) rail

line pre-dated construction of SR 204 and the presence of another rail corridor will not

diminish the integrity of the property’s setting or any of its other character-defining features.

• MR #032, Union Ice Company, 34th Street at Chester Avenue, would not be impacted by

construction of the F-B LGA because it is too distant from the F-B LGA to be affected

physically or visually. The construction and operation of the proposed project would not result
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in a substantial adverse change to the Union Ice Company buildings. The project would 

include the construction of a proposed elevated rail line and station to the southwest of this 

historical resource, and roadway and parking lot improvements to the north and northeast. 

The project would not result in the physical demolition, destruction, relocation, or alteration of 

the resource or its immediate surroundings such that the significance of an historical resource 

would be materially impaired. The historic industrial buildings of the Union Ice Company were 

originally constructed near the original Southern Pacific Railroad line, which was a 

nineteenth-century, at-grade railroad, and today the building continues to sit immediately 

adjacent to the at-grade railroad tracks (now Union Pacific Railroad). The introduction of 

additional rail features, an elevated HSR structure and station to the southwest would not 

diminish the qualities of the historical resource that qualify as a Point of Historic Interest 

because the two remaining historic building will not be altered by the project. Furthermore, 

the roadway alterations to Chester Avenue and 34th Street that are proposed adjacent to this 

property would not cause a substantial adverse change to the immediate surroundings of this 

historical resource, thus resulting in a less than significant impact under CEQA. This resource 

is not eligible for listing on the NRHP or the CRHR; however, it is a California Point of Historic 

Interest and an historical resource under CEQA. 

The Fresno to Bakersfield Section Final EIR/EIS includes “Impact CUL #3: Potential Adverse 

Effects on Paleontological Resources due to Construction Activities” (Authority and FRA 2014a: 

pages 3.17-126 and 3.17-127). Impacts the F-B LGA would have on paleontological resources 

are defined in Section 3.9.4.2 of this Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS as “Impact GSSP #12 – 

Sensitive Paleontological Resources” and are not discussed in this section.

Project Operation Impacts 

Archaeological Resources

Archaeological sites would only be subject to adverse effects during construction activities, not 

during operational activities. Increasing public access to archaeological sites can lead to their 

intentional or unintentional disturbance or destruction by those who previously would not have 

been able to enter the project right-of-way. The F-B LGA would not create new access for any 

areas that contain archaeological resources. In remote areas, the guideway would be fenced; 

therefore, it would not provide access for vandals or expose sites to the adverse effects of 

compaction through pedestrian or vehicular traffic. The related roadway modifications would not 

cause more traffic near identified archaeological sites. Therefore, project operation would not 

result in effects on archaeological resources. No impacts would result from project operations 

under NEPA or CEQA, and no mitigation is necessary.

Built Resources

Although operation of the HSR would result in exposure of two historic properties to severe noise 

levels (noise levels for MR #055 would increase 11 dBA and noise levels for MR #00D would 

increase 8 dBA),neither of these properties derive their NRHP significance from a quiet setting. 

Both are positioned adjacent to or nearby the existing, operational UPRR. These properties 

already exist within an industrial/commercial setting and experience intermittent railroad noise; 

therefore, the noise from the HSR, which would also be intermittent, is not expected to alter their 

historic setting. Operational noise levels of the HSR are therefore not anticipated to be sufficient 

to have an indirect adverse effect on these historic properties.

HSR stationary facilities would not generate high vibration levels from long-term operations. The 

intermittent vibration caused by the operation of the HSR would not materially impair any of the 

historic properties or historical resources. Therefore, no vibration impacts would occur at historic 

properties from long-term operations within the project vicinity. 

None of the 15 built resources (including the Union Ice Company, a CEQA-only historical 

resource) within the F-B LGA Built Resource APE would be directly or indirectly affected by the 
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operation of the F-B LGA. No impacts would result from project operations under NEPA or CEQA, 

and no mitigation is necessary.

Furthermore, members of the Bakersfield Basque community, including Noriega’s (MR #097) 

manager, Linda McCoy, attended the public open house meeting held in Bakersfield on 

August 25, 2015, for the F-B LGA. Ms. McCoy acknowledged that the Noriega’s building would 

not be disturbed by the operation of the HSR. The general consensus of the Bakersfield Basque 

community in attendance at the meeting was that the Basque community was not concerned 

about any adverse effects the HSR would have to Noriega’s (McCoy 2015). The HSR would not 

limit access to this TCP by the Basque community, nor would it adversely affect the TCP’s setting 

and environment. No impacts to the TCP would result from project operations under NEPA or 

CEQA, and no mitigation specific to this resources as a TCP is necessary.

3.17.5 Avoidance and Minimization Measures 

The Authority and FRA have identified avoidance and 

minimization measures for the Fresno to Bakersfield Section 

that are applicable to the F-B LGA. During project design and 

construction, the Authority will ensure that the measures are 

implemented to reduce impacts on cultural resources. The 

Fresno to Bakersfield MMEP incorporated measures from the 

Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan associated with the 

2014 CEQA findings; general measures presented in the MOA, 

ATP, and BETP that were developed through Section 106 

consultation; and IAMMs established to comply with the NEPA 

process as part of the completion of the Final Fresno to 

Bakersfield Section EIR/EIS (Authority and FRA 2014a) and Record of Decision (FRA 2014). The 

MMEP (as amended) is attached to this Supplemental Draft EIR/EIS as Appendix 2-G, and all 

measures identified are applicable to the F-B LGA. The applicable avoidance and minimization 

measures as presented in the MMEP are presented below. The Fresno to Bakersfield MOA and 

BETP would be amended, if applicable, to include the treatment of the historic properties

identified in the F-B LGA APE. 

• CUL-AM#1 – Protective Measures. Cultural resources mitigation measures and

commitments could occur prior to, during, and following construction. Protective measures,

such as conducting archaeological training, building stabilization or archaeological site

capping, and recordation of resources, would take place prior to construction; other protective

measures, such as vibration monitoring for built resources or monitoring for archaeological

resources during ground-disturbing activities, would occur during construction. Measures that

could take place after construction may include interpretive programs, including displays,

interpretive signage, etc.

• CUL-AM#2 – PA: The PA established the framework for the development and

implementation of measures to avoid, minimize, and/or mitigate adverse effects on historic

properties caused by the HSR System, in compliance with Section 106 and NEPA. The PA

also established that a MOA will be prepared for each section of the HSR project to detail the

HSR project commitments to implement these treatments.

• NV-AM#1 – General Construction Guidelines - Noise and Vibration: FTA and FRA have

guidelines for minimizing noise and vibration impacts at sensitive receptors that will be

followed during construction.

Appendix 2-H of this Supplemental Draft EIR/EIS provides a description of the functions of these 

avoidance and minimization measures. 

Approved Mitigation Measures

that Apply to the F-B LGA 

MMEP:

• CUL-MM#4

• CUL-MM#5

• CUL-MM#12

• CUL-MM#13
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CUL-AM#1 (same as CUL-IAMM#1) incorporates measures that will avoid or minimize effects to 

historic properties and historical resources presented in the BETP, including Standard Structural 

Measure: Stabilization and Protection; as well as measures presented in both the BETP and ATP, 

including Pre-Construction Measures (Resources Mapping for Construction, Completion of 

Inventory and Evaluation, Cultural Resources Worker Awareness Training, Installation and 

Maintenance of Avoidance and Protection Measures, Completion of Archaeological Monitoring 

Plans, and Safety Plans), and Measures to be Implemented during Construction (Construction 

Monitoring and Protocols for Unanticipated Impacts). CUL-AM#1 also incorporates General 

Mitigation Measure #1 (Plan for Repair of Inadvertent Damage) which is presented in both the 

BETP and MOA. Implementation of CUL-AM#1 would protect a historic property and historical 

resource from inadvertent damage that may result from project construction that would otherwise 

alter the resource’s ability to convey its significance. It would ensure that construction personnel 

would receive appropriate training on cultural resources that may be encountered during 

construction and that significant cultural resources that may be identified or inadvertently 

damaged during project construction would receive appropriate protection and treatment. 

Regularly updated mandatory training reduces potential impacts on cultural resources by 

producing a well-informed construction crew versed in operational procedures that must be 

followed during construction activity. An archaeological sensitivity-monitoring plan would be 

developed and implemented, as would a built environment-monitoring plan. This reduces the 

potential for unplanned impacts to cultural resources during construction activities. CUL-AM#1 

includes preparation of Pre-Construction Conditions Assessments, and Plans for Protection of 

Historic Built Resources and Repair of Inadvertent Damage. This will reduce potential impacts on 

historic cultural resources by identifying techniques to minimize inadvertent damage. The plan will 

consist of a general protocol for inadvertent damage to historic architectural resources, and a 

listing of specific properties that should be the subject of an individual plan because of their 

immediate proximity to the project. Inadvertent damage from the project to any of the historic 

properties or historical resources near construction activities will be repaired in accordance with 

the USSOI’s Standards for Rehabilitation. Inadvertent damage will consist of any damage that 

results in a significant impact to a historical resource within the meaning of CEQA Guidelines 

Section 15064.5(b)(2) or adverse effects to historic properties within the meaning of 36 C.F.R. 

Part 800.5(a)(1). Repairs consistent with USSOI’s Standards for Rehabilitation are not considered 

adverse effects to historic properties (Section 106), and are considered less than significant 

under CEQA. The commitment to stabilize and protect historic buildings and structures 

susceptible to damage during construction reduces potential impacts on cultural resources. Such 

measures would include, but would not be limited to, vibration monitoring of construction in the 

vicinity of historic properties, cordoning off of resources from construction activities (e.g., traffic, 

equipment storage, personnel), shielding of resources from dust or debris, and stabilization of 

buildings adjacent to construction. Temporary stabilization and protection measures would be 

removed after construction is completed. Properties would be restored to their pre-construction 

condition.

CUL-AM#2 (same as CUL-IAMM#2) incorporates certain measures that will ensure compliance 

with Section 106 that are presented in the ATP, including Pre-Construction Treatment Measures 

(Completion of Inventory and Evaluation), Procedures for Unanticipated Discoveries during 

Construction (Protocols for Archaeological Discoveries, Consultation with MOA Signatory Parties, 

Consultation with Tribes and other Concurring Parties), and Curation of Archaeological Materials.

Implementation of CUL-AM#2 will ensure that specific treatments to historic properties or 

historical resources will be documented and followed during project construction. CUL-AM#2 

ensures that the PA will be followed, including Stipulation VIII.A.1, which stipulates that phased 

identification efforts shall be completed as right of entry is obtained, and that documentation of 

this identification effort is prepared and provided to the SHPO. If the F-B LGA is selected as the 

Preferred Alternative, the F-B MOA will be amended, as will the associated treatment plans, to 

address specific treatment to historic properties or historical resources in the F-B LGA Project 

section. The purpose is to reduce impacts on cultural resources by identifying agreed upon 

resources that will or may be adversely affected by the project and by specifying how 

commitments to the protection of cultural resources will be implemented.
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NV-AM#1 (same as NV-IAMM#1) incorporates General Avoidance Measure #1 (Avoid Noise 

Effects) and General Avoidance Measures #2 (Avoid Vibration Effects) presented in the BETP 

and MOA. Implementation of NV-AM#1 would ensure that federal guidelines for minimizing 

vibration impacts at sensitive receptors would be followed during construction.

3.17.6 Mitigation Measures

As described, the F-B LGA incorporates avoidance measures to reduce impacts on cultural 

resources. In addition, as stated previously, the Authority and FRA have identified mitigation 

measures for the Fresno to Bakersfield Section that are applicable to the F-B LGA. During project 

design and construction, the Authority will ensure that the measures are implemented to reduce 

impacts on cultural resources.

3.17.6.1 Mitigation Measures Identified in the Fresno to Bakersfield Section 

Final EIR/EIS

The Fresno to Bakersfield ATP focuses on the treatment of unknown archaeological resources 

that may be affected by the Fresno to Bakersfield Section, and requires the phased identification 

and treatment of cultural resources located on parcels for which legal access has yet to be 

granted. It also provides requirements for procedures to be followed in the event of unanticipated 

discoveries. The phased identification and treatment of unknown archaeological resources 

presented in the Fresno to Bakersfield ATP is applicable to the F-B LGA.

If the F-B LGA is selected as the Preferred Alternative, the FRA and Authority would consult with 

the MOA signatories and concurring parties and amend the MOA, ATP and BETP before the start 

of construction activities that could adversely affect historic properties. If applicable, the Fresno to 

Bakersfield BETP would be amended to address historic architectural resources within the F-B 

LGA Built Resources APE and describe the treatments to be applied to adversely affected built 

environment historic resources and properties. The treatments include, but are not limited to: 

condition assessments; vibration monitoring; or requirements for the moving, storing, shoring, 

stabilizing, monitoring, and rehabilitation or restoration of buildings. The ATP and BETP would 

also outline the provisions for other treatment measures to be carried out for this project, such as 

responses to inadvertent damage, interpretation mitigation, and monitoring protocols, consistent 

with the approved avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures established in the MOA

(Authority and FRA 2014) and MMEP (Authority and FRA 2014b). 

Archaeological Resources

As discussed in Section 3.17.3, the field survey and records search did not identify any 

archaeological resources within the F-B LGA APE; however, the geoarchaeological analysis and 

historic map review identified areas that contain a high sensitivity for buried deposits. Therefore, 

project construction may inadvertently result in damaging or destroying an archaeological 

resource to where it can no longer convey its significance or yield valuable information, which 

would be a substantial adverse effect under NEPA and Section 106. Directly affecting a historical 

resource or unique archaeological resource is considered a significant impact under CEQA. 

Mitigation Measures CUL-MM#4 and CUL-MM#5, shown in Table 3.17-5 were approved under 

the Fresno to Bakersfield MMEP (Authority and FRA 2014b) and the MOA, and described in the 

ATP as Pre-Construction Treatment Measures (Data Recovery) and as Procedures for 

Unanticipated Discoveries during Construction (Protocols for Discovery of Human Remains). 

Mitigation Measures CUL-MM#4 and CUL-MM#5 would mitigate impacts to archaeological 

resources in the F-B LGA Archaeological APE should they be inadvertently discovered during 

construction. None of the mitigation measures applicable to archaeological resources would 

result in adverse secondary effects or impacts.
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Table 3.17-5 Mitigation Measures Applicable to Archaeological Resources in the F-B LGA

Number Description

CUL-MM#4 Comply with State and Federal Law for Human Remains:

Discoveries of human remains on private and state agency lands in California are governed by 

California Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5 and Public Resources Code Section 5097.98. 

Native American remains discovered on federal lands are governed by NAGPRA (25 U.S. Code 

Section 3001). 

If human remains are discovered on state-owned or private lands the contractor shall contact the 

relevant County Coroner to allow the Coroner to determine if an investigation regarding the cause 

of death is required. If no investigation is required and the remains are of Native American origin,

the Authority shall contact the Native American Heritage Commission to identify an MLD. The MLD 

shall be empowered to reinter the remains with appropriate dignity. If the MLD fails to make a

recommendation, the remains shall be reinterred in a location not subject to further disturbance 

and the location shall be recorded with the Native American Heritage Commission and relevant 

information center of the California Historical Resources Information System.

If human remains are part of an archaeological site the Authority and contractor shall, in 

consultation with the MLD and other stakeholders, consider preservation in place as the first 

option, in the order of priority called for in CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.4(b)(3). 

In consultation with the relevant Native American stakeholders, the Authority may conduct 

scientific analysis on the human remains if called for under a data recovery plan and amenable to 

all stakeholders. California and the Authority will work with the most likely descendant, to satisfy 

the requirements of California Public Resources Code Section 5097.98. Performance tracking of 

this mitigation measure will be based on successful implementation and approval of the 

documentation by the SHPO and appropriate consulting parties.

CUL-MM#5 Conduct Additional Testing and Data Recovery:

When access is obtained, conduct surveys, testing, and evaluation pursuant to the ATP. Follow 

treatments and data recovery, as required.

CEQA = California Environmental Quality Act 

MLD = Most Likely Descendant

NAGPRA = Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 

SHPO = State Historic Preservation Officer 

Built Resources

As discussed in Section 3.17.3, the field survey and records search identified 14 built resources 

that qualify as historic properties and one that qualifies as a historical resource. Four of the 15 

resources will be indirectly affected by the F-B LGA, which may be considered a significant 

impact under CEQA. Mitigation measures have been approved under the Fresno to Bakersfield 

Section MMEP (Authority and FRA 2014b) and the MOA, and, if applied, would mitigate the 

impacts to these historic properties and historical resource, and are presented in this section. 

None of the mitigation measures applicable to built resources would result in adverse secondary 

effects or impacts.

The approved Mitigation Measures CUL-MM#12 and CUL-MM#13 that were established in the 

MMEP (Authority and FRA 2014b) are applicable to built resources within the F-B LGA. CULMM#12 and CUL-MM#13 both incorporate General Mitigation Measure #2 

(Recordation/Documentation of Historic Properties) as presented in the BETP and MOA. CULMM#13 also incorporates the Interpretive Measure presented in the BETP. As stated previously, 

complete descriptions of the approved mitigation measures are provided in detail in the MMEP 

and in Table 3.17-6. If applicable, the BETP will be amended to include the specific treatment of 

the historic properties identified in the F-B LGA APE. 
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Table 3.17-6 Mitigation Measures Applicable to Built Resources in the F-B LGA

Number Description

CUL-MM#12 Prepare and Submit Additional Recordation and Documentation:

A BETP will identify specific historical resources that would be physically altered, damaged, relocated, 

or destroyed by the project that will be documented in detailed recordation that includes photography. 

This documentation may consist of preparation of updated recordation forms (DPR 523), or may be 

consistent with the HABS, the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), or the Historic American 

Landscape Survey (HALS) programs; a Historic Structure Report; or other recordation methods 

stipulated in the MOA and described in the BETP. The recordation undertaken by this treatment would 

focus on the aspect of integrity that would be affected by the project for each historic property subject 

to this treatment. For example, historic properties in an urban setting that would experience an adverse 

visual effect would be photographed to capture exterior and contextual views; interior spaces would not 

be subject to recordation if they would not be affected.Consultation with the SHPO and the consulting 

parties will be conducted for the historic architectural resources to be documented. Recordation 

documents will follow the appropriate guidance for the recordation format and program 

selected.Copies of the documentation will be provided to the consulting parties and offered to the 

appropriate local governments, historical societies and agencies, or other public repositories, such as 

libraries. The documentation will also be offered in printed and electronic form to any repository or 

organization to which the SHPO, the Authority, and the local agency with jurisdiction over the property, 

through consultation, may agree. The electronic copy of the documentation may also be placed on an 

agency or organization’s website.

CUL-MM#13 Prepare Interpretive or Educational Materials:

Based on the finalization of design and the completed inventory, the BETP will identify historic 

properties and historical resources that will be subject to historic interpretation or preparation of 

educational materials. Interpretive and educational materials will provide information regarding specific 

historic properties or historical resources and will address the aspect of the significance of the 

properties that would be affected by the project. Interpretive or educational materials could include, but 

are not limited to: brochures, videos, websites, study guides, teaching guides, articles or reports for 

general publication, commemorative plaques, or exhibits.

Historic properties and historical resources subject to demolition by the project will be the subject of 

informative permanent metal plaques that will be installed at the site of the demolished historic 

property or at nearby public locations. Each plaque will provide a brief history of the subject property, 

its engineering/architectural features and characteristics, and the reasons for and the date of its 

demolition.

The interpretive or educational materials will utilize images, narrative history, drawings, or other 

material produced for the mitigation described above, including the additional recordation prepared, or 

other archival sources. The interpretive or educational materials should be advertised, and made 

available to, and/or disseminated to the public. The interpretive materials may be made available in 

physical or digital formats, at local libraries, historical societies, or public buildings.

Authority = California High-Speed Rail Authority HAER = Historic American Engineering Record

BETP = built-environment treatment plan HALS = Historic American Landscape Survey

DPR = Department of Parks and Recreation SHPO = State Historic Preservation Officer 

HABS = Historic American Building Survey

The F-B LGA Built Resources APE was completely surveyed as part of the technical studies to 

support this Draft Supplemental EIR/EIS for the F-B LGA. No physical impacts, such as 

demolition or incompatible alteration of an NRHP-listed or eligible historic property, are 

anticipated.

The proposed project will cause indirect adverse effects to four historic properties (MR #s 00A, 

00B, 042, and 075) by the introduction of new visual elements into their setting. Alteration of the 

local context when it is part of an historic property’s integrity could result in an adverse effect 

under Section 106. This indirect impact may affect the historic property’s ability to convey its 

significance. Affected historic resources within urbanized areas adjacent to the HSR project often 
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are adjacent to other transportation infrastructure, such as freight lines and highways, and in 

these cases the functional context may not substantially change. However, some indirect impacts 

may render an historic property, or a contributing element of an historic district, incapable of 

conveying its significance under the criteria that established its eligibility for listing in the NRHP. In 

such cases, the impacts would be considered significant under NEPA. Indirect impacts that do 

not diminish the property’s ability to convey its significance are not considered significant under 

NEPA. The visual indirect effects cannot be avoided or minimized; however, they can be 

mitigated through the implementation of CUL-MM#12 and CUL-MM#13. The remaining historic 

properties will not be adversely affected by construction or operation of the project (MR #s 025, 

055, 097,107, 116, 120, 133, 00C, 00D, and 030). Furthermore, the CEQA-only historical 

resource (MR #32) will not be impacted by the project. See Section 3.17.7 for the pre-mitigation 

and post-mitigation CEQA impacts analysis. 

3.17.6.2 Mitigation Measures Specific to F-B LGA

Implementation of Mitigation Measures CUL-MM#4 and CUL-MM#5 would reduce or mitigate 

potential adverse effects on archaeological resources due to construction activities (Impact CUL 

#1). No new additional mitigation measures are required to address impacts to archaeological 

resources resulting specifically from the F-B LGA.

Implementation of Mitigation Measures CUL-MM#12 and CUL-MM#13 would mitigate adverse 

visual effects on historic architectural (built) resources due to construction activities (Impact CUL 

#2). The MMEP identifies responsible parties for each project phase (pre-construction and 

construction) to ensure that the requirements are appropriately implemented. No new additional 

mitigation measures are required to address impacts to built resources resulting specifically from 

the F-B LGA.

3.17.7 CEQA Significance Conclusions

Within the Archaeological APE, there is the potential to identify archaeological resources during 

construction (Impact CUL #1). CUL-AM#2 would ensure that the resources are properly identified, 

evaluated, and treated in accordance with the MOA and PA. Construction of the F-B LGA could 

potentially affect these unknown archaeological resources by inadvertently damaging or 

disturbing them, which would be a significant impact under CEQA for historical resources or 

unique archaeological resources. CUL-AM#1 would ensure that construction personnel are 

properly trained to identify archaeological resources, and are aware of the mandatory procedures 

to follow should they be identified during construction. Implementation of CUL-AM#1 and CULAM#2 would reduce the impacts to archaeological resources; however, they may still be disturbed 

from construction activities, which would potentially be considered an adverse effect under 

Section 106 or significant impact under CEQA. CUL-MM#4 and CUL-MM#5 would mitigate these 

impacts because it would ensure that compliance with State and Federal laws with human 

remains are followed, and that data recovery and additional testing is conducted in order to fully 

document and record such resources. Thus, Impact CUL #1 would be less than significant 

following the application of mitigation.

The F-B LGA would introduce visual elements that would create a substantial adverse change to 

the setting of four historical resources (MR #s 00A, 00B, 042, and 075). The substantial adverse 

change would be considered a significant impact. The visual impacts can be mitigated through 

implementation of CUL-MM#12 and CUL-MM#13, as described in Section 3.17.6. Impacts to 

cultural resources with implementation of these measures would be less than significant under 

CEQA because the mitigation measures would ensure that the resources would be fully recorded 

and photographed in their current condition and setting before being visually affected by the 

introduction of the F-B LGA. These mitigation measures will not result in adverse secondary 

effects or impacts. 

Table 3.17-7 summarizes the level of significance under CEQA before mitigation, associated 

mitigation measures, and the level of significance under CEQA after mitigation for the cultural 

resources impacts identified within the F-B LGA APE. 
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Table 3.17-7 CEQA Significant Impacts Analysis to Historical Resources and Unique 

Archaeological Resources of the F-B LGA 

Impacts Analysis on Historical Resources and Unique Archaeological Resources of the F-B LGA

Impact CUL #1: Potential Adverse Effects on Archaeological Resources Due to Construction Activities

Resource Type CEQA 

Impact PreMitigation

Mitigation 

Measures

CEQA 

Impact PostMitigation

Unidentified Archaeological Resources S CUL-MM#5 LTS

Human Remains S CUL-MM#4; 

CUL-MM#5

LTS

Impact CUL #2: Potential Adverse Effects on Historic Architectural [Built] Resources Due to Construction 

Activities: Introduction of Visual Elements

Map 

Reference 

(MR) #

APN Resource Name and 

Address

City/County CEQA 

Impact PreMitigation

Mitigation 

Measures

CEQA 

Impact

PostMitigation

MR #00A 027-030-08 Shafter Santa Fe Depot

150–200 Central Valley 

Hwy

City of 

Shafter

S CUL-MM#12;

CUL-MM#13

LTS

MR #00B 027-070-28 San Francisco & San 

Joaquin Valley Railway, 

Shafter Section House

434 Central Valley Hwy

City of 

Shafter

S CUL-MM#12;

CUL-MM#13

LTS

MR #00C N/A Friant-Kern Canal Kern County LTS N/A LTS

MR #025 116-021-08; 

116-021-09; 

116-060-08; 

116-070-14

San Joaquin Cotton Oil 

Company

1660 E California Ave

City of 

Bakersfield

LTS N/A LTS

MR #133 N/A Statue of Father 

(CHL #277)

Garces City of 

Bakersfield

LTS N/A LTS

MR #042 002-240-02 Republic Supply Company 

(Golden Empire Gleaners)

1326 30th St

City of 

Bakersfield

S CUL-MM#12;

CUL-MM#13

LTS

MR #055 002-120-07 Division of Forestry Service 

Office 

2731 and 2738 O St; 1120 

Golden State Ave

City of 

Bakersfield

LTS N/A LTS

MR #075 014-350-09 Kern County Land 

Company Warehouse

210 Sumner St

City of 

Bakersfield

S CUL-MM#12;

CUL-MM#13

LTS

MR #097 016-050-05 Noriega’s

525 Sumner St

City of 

Bakersfield

LTS N/A LTS

MR #107 016-060-12 Amestoy Hotel (Narducci’s 

Café, formerly Cesmat 

Hotel)

622 E 21st St

City of 

Bakersfield

LTS N/A LTS
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MR #116 014-370-01 Southern Pacific Depot

730 Sumner St

City of 

Bakersfield

LTS N/A LTS

MR #120 016-070-12; 

016-070-13; 

016-070-14

Fire Station Number Two

716 E 21st St

City of 

Bakersfield

LTS N/A LTS

MR #00D 141-130-25 Folk Victorian Residence

2509 E California Ave

City of 

Bakersfield

LTS N/A LTS

MR #030 N/A SR 204/Golden State Ave City of LTS N/A LTS

Bakersfield

MR #032 002-271-02; 

002-271-06

Union Ice Company

3301 Chester Ave

City of 

Bakersfield

LTS N/A LTS

All resources in this list are both a Section 106 historic property and an historical resource for the purposes of CEQA (listed, determined eligible for 

listing, or eligible for listing in the NRHP or CRHR, or as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15054.5) except the Union Ice Company, which is not 

an historic property but an historical resource as defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15054.5.

APN = Assessor’s Parcel Number 

CEQA = California Environmental Quality Act

CHL = California Historical Landmark

CRHR = California Register of Historical Resources

F-B LGA = Fresno to Bakersfield Locally Generated Alternative

LGA = Locally Generated Alternative

LTS = less than significant impact

MR = map reference

N/A = not applicable

NRHP = National Register of Historic Places

S = significant impact
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